Defendant begs Matori for forgiveness<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: To a rapt court on Wednesday, the man charged with
\ncomplicity in the attempted murder of National Awakening Party
\nchairman Matori Abdul Djalil fell to his knees in front of him
\nand begged for forgiveness.<\/p>\n
\"Pak, I am sincerely sorry. I never meant to kill you. Please
\nforgive me, because I never meant to kill you,\" defendant Achmad
\nTazul Arifin, alias Sabar, said, while hanging onto Matori's
\nright leg and kissing his right hand in a hearing in the South
\nJakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
\"I hope you have it in you to forgive me because it is the
\ntrue wish of my heart.\"<\/p>\n
The incident happened after presiding judge Munawir asked
\nArifin if he agreed with everything Matori had said in the
\nhearing.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know, since I am not the man (Tarmo) Pak Matori
\ntestified against ... I am the man who worked alongside him
\n(Tarmo). Still, I have something to say to Pak Matori. I need to
\nclear things up in here,\" Arifin told Munawir, pointing toward
\nhis heart.<\/p>\n
Matori was testifying as a witness in the trial of Arifin, the
\nman charged with direct involvement in the attempt on his life on
\nMarch 5 this year.<\/p>\n
Police say that Arifin, 33, worked alongside Matori's
\nattacker, Sarmo, alias Tarmo.<\/p>\n
Police confiscated a rifle, an FN gun and a homemade revolver
\nfrom Arifin's home in the Total Persada Raya housing complex,
\nJatiuwung district, Tangerang, on March 9.<\/p>\n
Arifin has not said much about Tarmo, who was lynched by
\nnearby residents and ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in the
\nJagakarsa area for not paying for a ride shortly after the
\nattack.<\/p>\n
Police have yet to arrest the two other primary suspects in
\nthe case, namely Zulfikar and Assadullah.<\/p>\n
At Wednesday's hearing, Matori said that on the morning of
\nMarch 5 he left his house at Jl. Elang Mas II in Tanjung Mas Raya
\nhousing complex, which was being renovated, and saw a man
\nspeaking to one of his five construction workers, identified as
\nJoko.<\/p>\n
\"The man, who was dressed in dark blue training pants, a white
\nshirt and running shoes, was speaking to Joko. So I asked Joko
\nwho he was,\" Matori told the hearing.<\/p>\n
Matori said that the man approached him and started showing
\nhim interior design brochures. While Matori was looking through
\nthe designs, he sensed the man moving quickly to his side. He was
\nthen struck on his head \"two or three times.\"<\/p>\n
\"It sounded like plak ... plak ... I did not know that I had
\nbeen struck with a machete. That man started to run away and I
\nscreamed, 'Hey, be careful ... there's a man running wild',\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"My son heard my screaming and came out of his room. He saw my
\nbleeding head and immediately said that I had to be taken to a
\nhospital.\"<\/p>\n
Matori also testified that he had often received anonymous
\nterror calls, but had never reacted to them.<\/p>\n
\"I am in no way related to the defendant, nor had I ever seen
\nhim before this whole incident occurred,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the alleged killer had entered his residence via a
\nback door in the guest hall area.<\/p>\n
When asked whether people were free to walk in and out of that
\ndoor without being checked by security personnel, Matori said:
\n\"The house is located on a huge empty field. It is very easy to
\nspot strangers walking around.\"<\/p>\n
Earlier, prosecutor Abdul Kamar Badrun said that Arifin had
\nviolated Article 340 of the Criminal Code on premeditated murder,
\nwhich carries a maximum sentence of death.<\/p>\n
Abdul said Arifin had also violated Article 355 of the
\nCriminal Code on premeditated attempt to cause serious injuries,
\nwhich carries a maximum sentence of 12-years imprisonment; and
\nArticle 1 of Emergency Law No. 12\/1951 on the possession of a
\nweapon without a permit, which carries the death sentence or life
\nimprisonment. (ylt)<\/p>",
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