Jakarta, May 20 (Antara) - The Indonesian Police are cracking down on
motorist gangs who have recently committed thefts, robberies, attacks,
and rapes and spread unrest among the public in a number of regions in
the country.
The police have set up special teams to arrest thugs of motorist gangs
where they often operate such as Jakarta, Riau and South Sulawesi
provinces.
"We have established a special team to take firm actions against
motorist gang members who have caused security problems for the
society," Deputy Director of Traffic Management of the Jakarta Regional
Police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Sambodo, said over the weekend.
Sambodo
said that Jakarta Police Chief Inspector General Putut Eko Bayuseno had
ordered his men to crack down on every motor gang member involved in
illegal street racing or crimes.
So
far, the police have only ticketed those involved in illegal street
racing. "Now, we would confiscate their motorbikes and send suspected
thugs to court," Sambodo said.
Illegal
street racing has the potential to trigger criminal acts such as theft
with violence and brawls between gang members.
The Jakarta Regional Police has recorded 10 cases of crimes, such as
abuse and ganging up of victims and theft with violence, committed by
motorist gang members since last year (2012 - 2013).
The latest case befell Kompas Television journalist Harko Setiono (24)
who was beaten up by thugs of a motorist gang in Jembatan Goyang, Jalan
RE Martadinata, Sunter Agung, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta on May 12,
2013.
In
April 2012, around 200 motorcycle thugs assaulted and robbed people of
their belongings in seven different spots in North and Central Jakarta
during the early hours, leaving eight people injured and one dead.
Based on the data released by the Commission of Missing People and
Victims of Violence (Kontras), during the early hours on April 13,
2012, there were shooting incidents against private Sugeng Riadi of the
Navy's Pharmaceutical Institution and private Akbar Fidi Aldian of the
Airborne Battalion Infantry 503 of the Army's Strategic Command.
Sugeng was shot in the right ear, while Akbar was shot in the chest.
On the same day, a civilian named Anggi Darmawan (19) died after being
badly beaten up by about 200 motorists in Jalan Pramuka, East Jakarta.
State
Intelligence Agency chief Let Gen Marciano Norman said police must find
links of criminal actions by motorist gangs in various regions.
"I
have said that the links of actions of the gangs of motorists from one
city to another should be investigated, because their actions always
came up simultaneously," Marciano said, believing that the motives
behind the actions are crimes. Crimes and violence must not be left
unresolved, he said.
"I
think seeing what they have done, as you have seen on television
recently, some criminals might have been involved in their activities.
Their goal is only to create disruptions everywhere," he said last
Friday.
Recent incidents of thugs' crimes in the region also took place in Riau
and South Sulawesi provinces. Members of motorist gangs in these
provinces committed crimes without hesitation such as thefts, assaults
and rapes of victims.
In Riau Province, the police special team has arrested at least 10
members of motorist thugs and confiscated at least 40 motorbikes
believed to be belonging to motorist criminals.
"We have been launching operations over the past few days. In our
operations on Saturday and Sunday (May 18 - 19, 2013), we confiscated 40
motorbikes," Senior Commissioner Adang Ginanjar, the chief of Pekanbaru
City Police Headquarters, said on Sunday.
He said the police team still continued to launch its operations to
anticipate the brutality of motorist thugs. Many of them are believed to
be still hanging around the city, even though police have arrested
their notorious leader, Suardirejo alias Klewang (57).
Klewang
was arrested in his hideout in an old building of PT Waskita Karya,
Riau¿s main stadium complex, on Thursday last week.
Besides involving in street criminal cases, Klewang was also reported to have raped four young girls since 2011.
"Based on testimonies of a number of Klewang¿s men who have been named
suspects, Klewang have committed rape crime against more than one
victim," Commissioner Arief Fajar Satria, the head of Criminal
Investigation Unit of Riu City Police Headquarters, said on Sunday.
He
said that one of Klewang¿s victims had reported to police that he had
raped her. The victim said she was raped by Klewang in turn with his men
in the stadium complex.
"Three other rape victims did not report to police, however," Arief said.
In the meantime, South and West Sulawesi Regional Police have also set
up a special team to crack down on thugs of motorist gangs in the
region.
"We have set up a special team to arrest members of motorist gangs who
spread unrest in the public. We are concerned over the incident which
befell journalists who were hit by a dart and stabbed by thugs of a
motorist gang," Senior Commissioner Endi Sutendi, the head of Public
Relations of South and West Sulawesi Regional Police said in Makassar
last week.
Members of a motorist gang maltreated Harun, a journalist of Fajar TV.
He was hit with a dart let loose by the criminals. His friend
journalist Muhammad Ardiansyah alias Endy of Trans TV was also
maltreated by the gang members in Jalan Urip Sumoharjo on May 9, 2013.
At that time, according to Endy, he and his friend Harun were returning
to their offices when they came across with the gang members. The gang
members armed themselves with daggers, arrows, catapults, and home-made
firearms.
"We
have grilled four witnesses and we have seen a clear indication on the
perpetrators of the crimes against the journalists," Senior Commissioner
Endi Sutendi said.***2***
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