Man arrested over alleged role in Tambora murder<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police have captured one of the two people
\nsuspected of murdering a man and stashing his body in the trunk
\nof a President taxi early Sunday in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
But city police spokesman Lt. Col. Aritonang refused to
\nprovide details about the suspect.<\/p>\n
Local newspapers said both the attackers and the victim were
\nhoodlums involved in a turf war in the Kali Besar area, Tambora,
\nNorth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The two unidentified men forced a President taxi driver,
\nRochmadi, 23, to take the man they had beaten up to a nearby
\nhospital. They put the victim in the taxi's trunk.<\/p>\n
\"I couldn't do anything to refuse their will because they put
\na knife to my side,\" he said as quoted by the police.<\/p>\n
Rochmadi said the hoodlums had been involved in a brawl in
\nfront of Diskotek Kaliber in Tambora, where the two suspects had
\nattacked the victim.<\/p>\n
But before the taxi reached the hospital, the vehicle ran out
\nof gas and stalled. The two passengers became angry and
\nrepeatedly stabbed the man in the trunk to death.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, Second Private Suntianto of the Army's
\nLaw Enforcement Department was beaten up by an angry mob Monday
\nmorning for allegedly stealing a motorcycle in Pulo Gebang, East
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The owner of the motorcycle, Katmin, said that about 7 a.m. he
\nleft his Honda Astrea with its engine running in his yard on Jl.
\nSwadaya, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later he returned to discover that his motorbike
\nwas missing.<\/p>\n
\"I looked around and I saw the man (Suntianto) push the
\nmotorbike away from my house. I yelled for help and the neighbors
\nstarted to run after him,\" Katmin told the police.<\/p>\n
Suntianto was detained at Jakarta Military Police Headquarters
\nbefore he was handed over to his unit for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Military Command spokesman Lt. Col. D.J. Nachrowi told
\nreporters Monday that the authorities wanted to investigate
\nwhether the suspect was a military officer or an impostor. (edt)<\/p>",
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