Productions
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21 February 2008
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Al Jazeera
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Reconsturction of Indonesian statues theft |
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Municipal Police will hold a reconstruction of five stolen statues of the Radya Pustaka Museum collection in the Indonesian town Solo, today. In their testimony, the suspects said the hundreds of year-old statues were taken from the museum in three stages. In July 2006, two statues, Ciwa and Durga Mahasasuramadini were taken first. The robberies continued in September 2006 with the Agatsya and in November 2006, the eight-handed Durga Mahesasura Madini and Mahakala. In addition to holding the statue theft reconstruction, it is planned that today the Solo Police investigators will also ask for statements from three witnesses. One of them is businessperson Heru Suryanto, the last buyer of the five statues. However, it is a big possibility that HS will not be able to fulfill the police summons as he is still in London, England. Hugo E. Kreijger, the key witness in the statue theft in the Radya Pustaka Museum, said that the transaction receipt of the historic statue was original. “I swear, the sales receipt is original. I’m accustomed to seeing the antique goods’ original sales transaction receipt. Kreijger, former Director for Asia-Pacific of Christie’s Amsterdam, an antique and historic goods auction body, said that between last March and April, he in fact met with Heru Suryanto—an antique goods seller who has already been declared suspect by the police.
Activities: book cameraman and equipment, direction and interview Hugo E. Kreijger, accompany courier shipment XD-cam disk.