Alleged murder mastermind caught<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police revealed here on Friday that they had arrested Gunawan
\nSantoso, alias Acin, the alleged mastermind of the July 19
\nkilling of PT Asaba president director Boedyharto Angsono and his
\nbodyguard, Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Second Sgt. Edy
\nSiyep.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police Detective Chief Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang
\ntold reporters at the Jakarta Police Headquarters that Gunawan
\nwas arrested on Thursday night in a rented room, on Jl. Industri
\nRaya in Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Police also seized three fake ID cards using the aliases of
\nIndra Amapta, Dustin Bakrie, and Kevin Martin.<\/p>\n
\"In addition to the fake IDs, he has undergone plastic surgery
\nto alter the appearance of his nose, cheeks, lips and (around
\nhis) eyes ... We, however, managed to identify Gunawan, thanks to
\na birthmark on his face,\" Mathius told a media briefing.<\/p>\n
Mathius said the police wanted Gunawan, the former husband of
\nBoedyharto's daughter, Alice, on three charges.<\/p>\n
First, Gunawan's escape from the Kuningan Penitentiary in
\nCirebon, West Java on Jan. 15. At that time he was serving a two-
\nand-a-half-year prison term after he was convicted in a Rp 25
\nbillion (US$2.9 million) corruption case.<\/p>\n
Second, while on the run, Gunawan was suspected to have
\nordered the assassination of PT Asaba's finance director Paulus
\nTejakusuma on Jun. 6 in front of the Golden Hotel on Jl. Angkasa,
\nKemayoran, Central Jakarta. Paulus survived the murder attempt,
\nbut suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n
Third, police believe that Gunawan was the mastermind of the
\nmurder of Boedyharto and Edy -- a cold-blooded shooting in the
\nparking lot of the Sasana Krida Sports Stadium on Jl. Jembatan
\nTiga, Pluit, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara
\nadded that the police would also charge Gunawan with document
\nforgery, following the discovery of his three fake IDs and the
\nfake number plate of his silver metallic BMW car.<\/p>\n
\"We will hunt for those who helped him obtain the fake IDs,\"
\nMakbul stressed.<\/p>\n
Gunawan was at first tightlipped when reporters asked him --
\nas he was escorted to the interrogation room at the Jakarta
\nPolice Headquarters -- why he had ordered the assassination.<\/p>\n
But, eventually, he confessed, \"I have a grudge (against
\nBoedyharto).\"<\/p>\n
His face looked different from the photograph published by the
\nmedia.<\/p>\n
Boedyharto's family believed that hatred had motivated Gunawan
\nto order the murder of Boedyharto and Paulus. Boedyharto had
\nfired him from the company for embezzling the company's money,
\nwhich Paulus uncovered.<\/p>\n
Gunawan made the headlines as his case also implicated four
\nMarine officers who were the alleged executors of the fatal
\nshooting.<\/p>\n
The four Marines, a Second Lt. SAS, Second Corp. SR, Second
\nCorp. FH, and First Pvt. SS, have been detained by the Marine
\nMilitary Police since July 31. The four are members of the Marine
\nInfantry Brigade 2 of Cilandak, South Jakarta. Their cases will
\nbe brought to military prosecutors for further legal proceedings.<\/p>\n
Gunawan Santoso: from his escape to his arrest<\/p>\n
Jan. 15
\nGunawan escapes from the Kuningan Penitentiary. He returns to
\nJakarta using a public bus and is dropped off at Pulo Gadung bus
\nterminal. He hides at a Marine officer's home (named Suud) in
\nPasar Minggu, South Jakarta. To avoid the police, he moves from
\nhostel to hostel in Pasar Minggu, and to several hotels in Mangga
\nBesar, West Jakarta.
\nEarly in February, 2003
\nGunawan sends a letter from Singapore to Boedyharto via the
\nKuningan Penitentiary warden. In the letter, he apologizes for
\nhis misdeeds. Police sources said he was in Batam, Riau when he
\nasked a friend in Singapore to send the letter to evade the
\npolice. From Batam, he went to Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau
\nprovince, using a boat and went to Padang, West Sumatra, on a
\npublic bus. He then flew to Surabaya.
\nMay, 2003
\nGunawan moves to a rented house in Jl. Kartini II, No. 11,
\nCentral Jakarta. Police found out about his hideout in early
\nAugust, but failed to arrest him.
\nJune, 6
\nPaulus was shot by an unidentified hit man while driving his car
\non Jl. Angkasa, Central Jakarta. He survived the murder attempt.
\nJuly, 19
\nBoedyharto and Edy are gunned down by an unidentified man in the
\nparking lot of the Sasana Krida sports stadium. Police sources
\nsaid Gunawan was in Surabaya when the shooting occurred.
\nSeptember, 11
\nPolice arrest Gunawan in a rented room of a boarding house on Jl.
\nIndustri Raya, in Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta.<\/p>",
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