Theft of luxury homes in Kebon Jeruk: perpetrator unloading construction materials

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Kapolsek Kebon Jeruk, Commissioner R. Manurung, said the perpetrators of the robbery of an empty house in Kedoya, west Jakarta, was to take building materials.

The house was demolished without the owner’s permission.

“The modus operandi: The perpetrators broke into the house to take construction materials without the owner’s permission,” Manurung said in a written statement on Monday (3/22/2021).

The authors of the demolition were five bricklayers. They were secured in the house on Saturday of last week.

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“The workers admitted that they were the people that Mr. SU alias N ordered to demolish the housing construction elements,” Manurung said.

According to Manurung, SU will take the material elements that are dismantled.

“They are paid 125,000 rupees a day with the intention of taking the building materials from the house,” he continued.

The five people arrested were (47), ES (50), WA (33), KA (50), SU (58).

“The three people who worked opened the ceramics, the other two ordered them to dismantle them,” Manurung said.

Previously, the thieves had looted a video of one of the luxury homes in the Kebon Jeruk area.

In the video, parts of the floor and walls of the luxury home are damaged.

“This is really disrespectful sir. Dare to die like this. This really dares to die,” said one person in the video.

The police are still investigating this case. Today, the police will also hold a judicial title.

“We are continuing to develop the case, I will let you know,” Kebon Jeruk Police Criminal Investigation Unit Chief AKP Yudi said on Sunday.