15 Days on the Hunt for Tommy
It is not easy to catch Tommy Suharto, the fugitive connected with PT Goro Batara Sakti's property-swap scam who has disappeared for nine months. Greater Jakarta Police's Special Detective Team have ransacked a number of places and tailed many people, but Tommy has proved slippery. The son of Suharto even stopped by his sister's house on July 15 for her birthday party, despite the Cendana area being the police's top priority target area. Just where have the police found Tommy's trail?
August 14, 2001
Thursday, July 26
At 8.30am on Jalan Delta Serdang, Sunter, Supreme Court Justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita was shot dead by unknown persons while driving his car, a silver Honda CRV, to work. That night, Head of the Greater Jakarta Police Inspector General Sofjan Jacoeb formed a special team made up of 11 chosen officers and led by an officer with the rank of police commissioner from the detective directorate, aided by 10 detectives from police pr