TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsGreater Jakarta: Police arrest five Malaysians for hypnotism
JAKARTA: The North Jakarta Police arrested five Malaysians for allegedly using hypnotism to steal millions
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
J
AKARTA: The North Jakarta Police arrested five Malaysians for allegedly using hypnotism to steal millions.
“They were all arrested in Jl. Plumpang Semper, Koja, North Jakarta, at around 3 p.m. yesterday,” North Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Andap Bhudi said in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The police confiscated three watches, 50 ATM cards, three laptops, three cell phone SIM cards, 22 receipts for gold purchase, jewelry, US$70 and Rp 1.62 million in cash.
Andap said the group conducted their crimes by using fake Rolex watches. Amirudin allegedly would lure victims by offering fake Rolex watches in exchange for cash. Andap added that when Amirudin was talking to the victim about the watch, another man from the group would arrive and pretended to be interested in buying. This was when they began hypnotizing the victims and asked for their ATM cards and PIN codes, Andap said
The group reportedly conducted their crimes in Tanjung Priok, Koja, Kelapa Gading and Pademangan in North Jakarta; in Senen and Menteng in Central Jakarta and in Depok.
“We want all residents who were victims of these crimes to report,” he said.
