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Prosecutor asked 20 years jail term for killer of Basuki<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutor Agus Sutoto held to his earlier
\nindictment yesterday and asked the South Jakarta district court
\nto sentence Aminudin, the burglar-turned-killer of Indonesia's
\nmaster painter Basuki Abdullah, to a 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
"The statement from the defense attorney is baseless. A
\nwitness does not necessarily have see the incident himself," Agus
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He was referring to the statement made by defense lawyers
\nKesanta Tarigan and Robertus Bait Keytimu earlier this month.
\nThey said that the indictment was groundless because none of the
\nwitnesses testified that they actually saw the killing.<\/p>\n
According to Agus, the coroner who conducted the autopsy on
\nBasuki, the victim was beaten with a bat-like cane which later
\nturned out to be the butt of an air rifle. This statement was
\nstrong enough to introduced as evidence.<\/p>\n
"The defendant himself has testified that he killed Basuki
\nwith the rifle," the prosecutor said, while reading the nine-page
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
The indictment states that Basuki woke up and tried to fight
\nAminudin as he was looting the victim's bedroom at the wee hours
\nof the morning on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n
This allegedly prompted the burglar to grab an air rifle from
\nthe wall and use it to bash in the head of the 78-year-old
\npainter.<\/p>\n
According to testimony, the defendant then grabbed dozens of
\nwristwatches and Rp 200,000 in cash that he found in a drawer. He
\nput them into a small bag, and stole a shirt to cover the blood
\non his own. Then he left the house without waking any of the
\nother people in the house.<\/p>\n
There were only five people who lived at the house at that
\ntime. They were Basuki Abdullah, two maid servants, a night guard
\nand the painter's Thai wife Nattaya Nareerat, who slept in a
\nseparate bedroom upstairs.<\/p>\n
Agus added that the police had testified that the defendant's
\nfinger prints were also found in the house.<\/p>\n
The court was adjourned until next Wednesday to hear another
\ndefense statement. (09)<\/p>",
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