Women robbed in Kemang area

JAKARTA: A gang of handbag snatchers may be operating in Kemang, an area famous as a cafe paradise for expatriates.

Two men riding a black Yamaha RX King motorcycle snatched a handbag from Atin, 26, an employee of a private company in Palmerah area, Central Jakarta, as she rode inside a bajaj (three-wheel pedicab) on Jl. Kemang on Friday evening.

Atin struggled to hold on to her bag but when the rear passenger of the motorcycle, bearing the police number B 2171 xx, looked back she was afraid he might harm her and let go.

Atin quickly reported the incident to the nearest police station only to find out that she was not the pair's first victim that day.

Atin lost her purse containing ID cards, ATM cards, Rp 50,000 and an Ericsson cell phone. -- JP