The arrest of John Kei, the man implicated in the murder of a businessman, should spur the eradication of organized crime in Indonesia. The growth of violent groups in Jakarta has now reached a worrying level, and it is time the police took strong measures to halt their further expansion.

We must acknowledge, however, that this will be no easy task, given their reported close ties to the security forces. Yet, law enforcers are the only ones capabl