Death of student regiment member still under investigation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta police are still looking for
\nsuspects in the case of a 19-year-old student regiment recruit,
\nwho died as a result of cruel treatment. The victim was a student
\nof the privately-owned Tarumanegara University.<\/p>\n
\"This is not an easy case, in spite of the fact that we have
\nquestioned a lot of people, including all of the victim's
\ncolleagues, the military provost of the student regiment and an
\nassistant to the university rector,\" Head of the West Jakarta
\nPolice precinct Lt. Col. Made Mangku Pastika told The Jakarta
\nPost yesterday.<\/p>\n
The victim, identified as The Manto, died on Jan. 29 after
\ntaking a basic training course which had been held specially for
\nthe university's student regiment recruits.<\/p>\n
The course was held by senior members of the student regiment
\non the university's campus in West Jakarta. The course began on
\nJan. 23 and had been scheduled to end on Jan. 30<\/p>\n
Manto's mother, Jeo Bie Kim, said her son usually left home
\nfor the nearby campus at 7 a.m. and returned at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
On the fourth day of the course Manto left the house one hour
\nearlier with a handful of food and some clothes in his bag. He
\ntold his mother that he would not be home again until the last
\nday of the course.<\/p>\n
\"Later, on Sunday morning Jan. 29 I was called by a person
\nfrom the university who said that my son was ill. The caller
\nasked me to come and see Manto at the campus,\" Mrs. Kim said.<\/p>\n
When she got there, Mrs. Kim was asked by senior members of
\nthe regiment whether her son suffered a certain illness. She
\nanswered no.<\/p>\n
The students then asked her to attend the nearby Sumber Waras
\nhospital to see the dead body of her son.<\/p>\n
According to the student regiment supervisor, Salmon, as
\nquoted by Mrs. Kim, Manto was suddenly attacked by a fever
\ndisease at 3 a.m. of Jan. 29.<\/p>\n
\"That's why he was asked to take a rest and given medical
\ntreatment,\" Salmon said.<\/p>\n
Salmon also said that Manto had a feces on his pants and he
\nhad to wash them, Kim said.<\/p>\n
\"But I couldn't believe him because the body, cloth and wallet
\nof my son were all wet. Moreover, the hospital employees have
\ntold me Manto was already dead before being handed over to the
\nhospital,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Kim said the body was covered in bruises. She reported
\nher son's death to the local police.<\/p>\n
According to Lt. Col. Made, all of Manto's friends have said
\nthat \"nobody saw who was doing what.\"<\/p>\n
The officer said his detectives were still investigating the
\ncase. (bsr)<\/p>",
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