Man shot by officer unable to pay bills<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A newspaper seller who has been receiving
\ntreatment at a hospital after being shot controversially by a
\nmilitary officer in early January is being held there due to
\nunpaid medical bills of Rp 20 million (US$2,900).<\/p>\n
The victim, Widodo, was admitted to the Mediros hospital in
\nNorth Jakarta after the random shooting outside the Seribu Satu
\nMalam restaurant in Kelapa Gading on Jan. 2. His lawyer Abriori
\nsaid that about 15 newspaper sellers in the Kelapa Gading area
\nhave lent Rp 5.5 million to Widodo and are desperate to get their
\nmoney back.<\/p>\n
\"They are planning to really do something crazy on the
\nstreets... and that's what scares me. So far myself, Widodo's
\nuncle Salimin and two military officers have pitched in Rp 9
\nmillion,\" Abriori said.<\/p>\n
I Gusti Ketut Putra, an adjutant of Military Police chief Maj.
\nGen. Djasrie Marin shot traffic police officer First Sgt. Fikri
\nZakaria dead outside the restaurant, located on Jl. Boulevard.
\nGusti was allegedly trying to cover up a drug bust and Fikri was
\nallegedly threatening to expose Gusti. Widodo, passing by at the
\ntime, was caught in the crossfire and was seriously wounded in
\nhis large and small intestines and his urinary duct.<\/p>\n
Head of the Jakarta Military Garrison Brig. Gen. Tubagus
\nHasanuddin, who had earlier visited Widodo, said the garrison
\nwould demand that the commanders of all concerned parties
\ninvolved in the shooting pay for Widodo's hospital bills.<\/p>\n
\"This shooting was carried out by a crazy man. A very stupid
\nsoldier. Whatever the reason, this should not have happened,\"
\nTubagus told reporters at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Abriori added on Monday that Hasanuddin had, however,
\nexplained to him that this was a \"personal matter, not a matter
\nthat the (military) institution should deal with\".<\/p>\n
\"Which is why he pitched in only Rp 2 million, another officer
\npitched in Rp 500,000 and I put in Rp 1.1 million,\" Abriori said.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know what to do. I know that Gusti has been handed
\nover to the Jakarta Military Police and might even be fired, but
\nwho will get Widodo out of the hospital?\"<\/p>\n
Earlier, a source at North Jakarta Police Headquarters said
\nFikri apprehended Ketut, his friend Billy Warikkie and Anisah on
\nNew Year's Eve, in possession of shabu-shabu (crystal
\nmethamphetamine) at a house in the Pulomas housing complex.<\/p>\n
Fikri tried to blackmail Billy, Anisah and Ketut. Ketut
\nconfronted Fikri, which led to a heated verbal exchange outside
\nthe restaurant. Ketut then dragged Fikri outside, where Fikri was
\nshot three times. Tubagus told reporters that the friendship
\nbetween Billy and Ketut went back to when Ketut was a newly
\nappointed adjutant of Djasrie.<\/p>\n
\"They have known each other since 1996. I am still trying to
\nfind out whether Ketut was really Billy's backer... and whether
\nBilly really is a drug dealer or just a user,\" Tubagus said.
\n(ylt)<\/p>",
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