From the Inside

Six gang members who escaped with a cool Rp1.8 billion in a Bogor holdup have been caught. But another seven—including one of the shooters—are still on the run.

September 18, 2001

Criminality always involves people on the inside. This classic conviction, it seems, was also held by the police investigating the theft of Rp1.8 billion of depositors' money from Bank Lippo Bogor. The heist took place Friday, 31 August 2001, at 11:45am. Two of the four robbers who were riding Yamaha RX King and Suzuki Satria motorcycles, sprayed bullets at the Toyota Kijang van carrying money to pay the wages of 1,500 PT Great River workers. As a...

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