Raid in Room 501
After a month-long hunt by the police, John Refra Kei, a leader of the Kei clan, was finally arrested at a 'transit hotel' in Pulomas, East Jakarta. In addition to his indictment in the murder of PT Sanex Steel Indonesia boss Tan Harry Tantono, the police will also charge Kei with complicity in over a dozen other crimes which he and his group committed. Having evaded police capture for some time, the police believe they were able to nab him this time because he let his guard down.
February 29, 2012
Fifty detectives dressed in plainclothes surrounded Hotel C'One in Pulomas, East Jakarta, two weeks ago. At about 7pm, most of them were wearing bulletproof vests and carrying rifles or pistols waiting to ambush John Refra Kei. From the intelligence officer who had been inside the hotel since that afternoon, half an hour earlier their target had been spotted in the hotel cafe, although he did not stay there very long. Accompanied by an attractive
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