Under Siege
Two undercover policemen from Jakarta were killed by a mob while investigating illegal gambling in Bogor. Strange to say, they did not run to their local colleagues for help.
April 24, 2001
Strange times we live in. Policemen are branded thieves and criminals are praised as heroes. A handful of illegal gamblers in Gunungsindur, Bogor, rang the death knell for two policemen recently by simply shouting "thief". Second brigadiers Agus Budiono and Joko Wiyono, both from the national police headquarters, were on an undercover investigation into an illegal gambling syndicate. The crowd descended en masse, in biblical locust plague numbers...