Trans National Crime Centre, Jakarta, 2004
GFI is currently engaged in the design and construction of the Trans National Crime Centre (TNCC). The TNCC is a facility developed jointly by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI).
As I was scrolling through The Jakarta Post today, August 12, 2008, I came across this series of stories below under the header of ‘Related News’.
Related news?
Of course in a city of 17 million people there are bound to be some ‘anomalies’. Yes?
But then I thought, hey, whatever happened later?
Where is the rest of the story?
Woman’s head found in garbage dump
Sat, 05/10/2008 10:34 AM | City
JAKARTA: A woman’s head was found in the Bantar Gebang landfill, Bekasi, on Friday morning.
A garbage scavenger found the head covered in black plastic bags. Some parts of the face and ear were damaged, while three upper right teeth and two upper left teeth were missing.
Only a few hairs were left, some as long as 23 centimeters.
The head was thought to be that of a 24-year-old, reported Tempointeraktif.com.
A driver at the landfill, Hendra, 30, said the bodiless head was found at 3 a.m. and reported to the authorities at 7:30 a.m.– JP
Woman attempts suicide at police HQ
Mon, 05/12/2008 10:51 AM | City
JAKARTA: A woman tried to stab herself in the chest on Saturday at the Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified, attempted to kill herself after her husband threatened to divorce her.
Detik.com reported her husband, a member of the police, had accused his wife of having an affair with another man and had decided to file a report with the police.
According to reports, the woman waited outside while her husband lodged his case at the station. When her husband came out of the building, the woman tried to convince him of her innocence.
When her husband ignored her, she took a knife from her purse and tried to stab herself in the chest.
Nearby officers seized the knife before the woman could harm herself. –JP
Foreigner found dead in apartment
Fri, 05/23/2008 10:53 AM | City
JAKARTA: A foreigner was found dead Thursday afternoon in his room on the ninth floor of the Ascott Apartments on Jl. Kebon Kacang, Central Jakarta.
Head of Tanah Abang subprecinct police Comr. Joni Iskandar said his team was handling the matter.
“I’m now at the crime scene investigating the case,” he told newsportal Detik.com.
The body was later taken to the morgue at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. At the morgue, a man named Pardi said he had been working at the same company as the foreigner. Pardi told reporters the foreigner was Glenn Southall of Britain. He worked as an oil consultant in Indonesia. He was born in 1955, according to data from the morgue. -JP
Maid found dead with severe injuries
Mon, 06/30/2008 10:50 AM | City
TANGERANG: A maid was found dead with severe head injuries and cuts in the Bank Tabungan Negara housing complex in Tangerang municipality Saturday morning.
“We strongly suspect she was killed by her close friend. We are still investigating this case to confirm what happened,” Tangerang detective chief Adj. Comr. Zulkifli said, as quoted by Antara.
The body of Srimulyanti, 18, was found by a neighbor, Topan, around 300 meters from her employers’ house, where she also lived.
The employers, Anti and Eko, said they realized Srimulyanti was not sleeping in her bed in their house the night she died, but they did not suspect anything.
“We thought she was sleeping in her sister’s room,” Anti said.
Srimulyanti’s sister also worked for the family.
Anti said Srimulyanti, who had worked for the family for a year, was well-behaved and did her job diligently.
“She never stayed out late at night,” she said.
Srimulyanti’s body was taken to Tangerang Hospital for an autopsy. -JP
Old woman found dead under bed
Sat, 08/09/2008 11:26 AM | City
JAKARTA: Erfienne Komala, 83, was found dead under her bed in her house on Jl. Latuharhari, Menteng, in Central Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, after a neighbor because suspicious because of a bad smell.
Louise Komala, her sister who lived with her in the house for more than 20 years, said she did not know that her sister was already dead and did not smell anything bad, kompas.com reported.
Police said they suspected Louise suffered from senile dementia.
A police officer of Menteng sub precinct said that Erfienne’s body was already decaying, but there were no signs of violence.
“There are many maggots on her body and liquids coming from many body parts, including mouth and nostrils,” he said.
Police said Erfienned had been dead for at least 10 days.
Loyola church congregration members were reportedly taking care of Louise after Erfienne’s body was brought to Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital for an autopsy. -JP
