Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant

Yorrys arrested for role in death pf servant

CIGOMBONG, Bogor (JP): Yorrys Raweyai of Pemuda Pancasila, a
powerful youth organization of questionable reputation, has
finally been arrested by city police for his alleged role in the
death of a male servant last year.

"He was formally detained Monday afternoon," city Police Chief
Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto told reporters yesterday after
opening a six-month training course for low-ranking police
officers at the State Police School.

Based on preliminary investigations, Yorrys is believed to
have plotted the cruel torture of Djasman, 23, a servant. Djasman
is wanted for the kidnapping and killing the two-and-a-half-year-
old son of his employer, who is secretary of the North Jakarta
chapter of Pemuda Pancasila in September last year, Hindarto
said.

Djasman was alleged to have kidnapped Cornelius Simandjuntak's
son, Jonathan, on Sept. 7, and killed the boy the next day by
tightening a strap around the little boy's neck. Jonathan's body
was found by passers-by in a school ditch in Depok, a suburb
southeast of Jakarta.

Three days later, police announced that they arrested the
suspect, who confessed to the killing because he was angry with
his employer's brother for always reprimanding him. Police
claimed that they arrested Djasman in an open area in Pasar
Minggu in South Jakarta.

On Oct. 8, police announced the servant died Oct. 1, at the
Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta. Police told
reporters that Djasman died due to severe injuries sustained
before his arrest. The servant was already seriously wounded and
losing one of his ears when he was transferred into police
custody by a group of people who found him in Pasar Minggu and
reported him to the police.

Hindarto said the police are also looking for his brother,
identified as Rob, wanted in connection with the case.

Along with Yorrys and Rob, a police officer from a police
station in South Jakarta was also nabbed for allegedly "lending"
the servant to members of the youth organization, Hindarto said.

"He was in charge of supervising on-duty officers that day,"
Hindarto said without giving the policeman's name and rank.

Own initiative

After Yorry's arrest, the two-star general revealed that he
received calls and requests from a number of parties asking for
the release of the suspect, which he refused to identify. "I
don't care about any of them," he said.

According to Hindarto, Yorrys, who is also the day-to-day
chairman of the Golkar-affiliated organization, gave himself up
freely to the City Police Headquarters shortly after his trial on
charges of gambling at the West Jakarta District Court.

An informed source at Crime Investigation Directorate of the
headquarters told The Jakarta Post that Yorrys was picked up by
directorate personnel minutes after the trial.

"Yorrys and several others were immediately brought to the
directorate for further questioning," said the source, who asked
not to be named.

Last Wednesday, head of the General Affairs Unit of the Crime
Investigation Directorate at the City Police Headquarters, Lt.
Col. Gories Mere, said that the police were waiting for Yorrys to
arrive from his hiding place in Singapore in order to arrest him.

Mere said they had waited weeks for his arrival in the capital
city but learned that "he had snuffed out our plot."

Hindarto has yet to announce the type of punishment facing
Yorrys in this case. He added that police were still waiting for
his brother and still trying to corroborate confessions made by
other witnesses and the supervising police officer. (bsr)