Indonesian arrested for murder in Osaka<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A 23-year-old Indonesian man has been arrested
\nin Osaka, Japan for killing and robbing a local woman, who he
\ntutored in Bahasa Indonesia, an Indonesian diplomat said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Herman Sonjaya, who graduated from a Japanese private
\nuniversity last year, was apprehended Saturday after police found
\nstrong evidence implicating him in the slaying and robbing of
\nMiyuki Ikenaga, consul Ibnu Hadi at the Indonesian consulate
\ngeneral office in Osaka told The Jakarta Post via telephone.<\/p>\n
Quoting a police report submitted to the Indonesian consulate,
\nIbnu said Ikenaga was found dead in her Higashi Osaka apartment
\nin the Japanese prefecture of southern Osaka on May 31.<\/p>\n
"Herman was said to have strangled the Japanese woman and took
\nher ATM (automatic teller machine) card, which he used to
\nwithdraw 80,000 (Rp 6.4 million)," he said.<\/p>\n
Police found the victim's diary and some camera film at the
\nATM booth, Ibnu said.<\/p>\n
In the diary, Ikenaga had written that Herman was to meet her
\nfor a private Bahasa Indonesia lesson at her apartment on the day
\nshe was apparently killed, he explained.<\/p>\n
"The ATM's security camera recorded Herman at the booth," Ibnu
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Herman has admitted to the charges during police questioning,
\nhe quoted the local police report as saying.<\/p>\n
"But I plan to meet with local police and with Herman to
\nlisten to his version and his motive tomorrow (today)," said
\nIbnu.<\/p>\n
"He might have another motive besides money, such as hate or
\nrevenge," he said.<\/p>\n
Antara yesterday quoted an article of Yomiuri daily in its
\nSunday's edition as saying that Herman told investigators that he
\nowed her 100,000.<\/p>\n
The newspaper reported that Herman allegedly strangled his
\nvictim with a wire.<\/p>\n
It said the suspect entered the country under a student visa
\nin October 1995, but that his application for visa renewal was
\nrejected last February.<\/p>\n
Herman has been in Japan as an illegal alien since then, the
\ndaily said.<\/p>\n
Ibnu said Herman's visa renewal application was turned down
\nbecause he had already graduated.<\/p>\n
"But I don't have enough information on his status. We haven't
\neven checked our registration book here to find out whether or
\nnot he had reported his presence to our office," Ibnu said.<\/p>\n
An Indonesian police official said yesterday that he had not
\nbeen informed of Herman's arrest by Japanese police.<\/p>\n
"We really have no idea about the news," Brig. Gen. Wayan
\nArjana, secretary of Interpol Indonesia, told the Post.<\/p>\n
Based on the consulate general's data, almost half of the
\n1,500 Indonesians in Osaka are students, he said.<\/p>\n
According to Yomiuri, at least three Indonesians are being
\ndetained by Japanese immigration authorities and are awaiting
\nrepatriation.<\/p>\n
The Japanese government has repatriated about 20 Indonesians
\nfor overstaying in the country since last year. (bsr)<\/p>",
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