Investigate Incompetence
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
IT was a tragedy. The police accidentally shot innocent bystanders in the process of trying to arrest a drug dealer in the crowded Tamansari area in West Jakarta. The drug dealer escaped, but two girls, Surtianah, 12, and Eli, 3 1/2, were killed by stray police bullets. Eli's mother, Mela, 24, was injured and was treated in hospital. Whether it was carelessness, an accident or the result of police incompetence in using guns, it was a tragic oc
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