Navy orders hitman arrest dead oralive<\/p>\n
Tiarma Siboro and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
A marine soldier who was sentenced to death for killing a
\nbusinessman in 2003 has managed to escape for the second time
\nfrom the military prison in Cibinong, West Java.<\/p>\n
Following the prison break, Commander of the Navy's Military
\nPolice Commodore Sunarko A.G. issued on Monday an order to
\ncapture Suud Rusli, the marine soldier, "dead or alive."<\/p>\n
"I have issued an order to rearrest the escapee in any kind of
\ncondition. The order has been relayed to all institutions,
\nincluding the police," Sunarko said.<\/p>\n
Confirming the order, TNI Chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto asked
\nthe Navy's provost "to capture the marine soldier and shoot him
\nif he tries to resist."<\/p>\n
"I have asked Navy Chief (Adm. Slamet Subiyanto) about the
\njailbreak incident. He (Slamet) confirmed it to me. It is now in
\nthe hands of the Navy to rearrest him (Suud). If he tries to
\nresist, he can be shot," Endriartono said after attending a
\nCabinet meeting.<\/p>\n
According to the Navy, Suud managed to escape on Sunday night.
\nHowever, it was not immediately clear how he got out.<\/p>\n
"Our (the Navy's) provost is now hunting him down. We will do
\nwhatever it takes to get him back so he can serve his sentence,"
\nNavy spokesman Commodore A. Malik Yusuf said as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
The escape on Sunday night was not the first time for Suud,
\nwho was found guilty of murder after moonlighting as a hitman in
\nthe past.<\/p>\n
In May of this year, Suud, along with a Navy companion, Syam
\nAhmad Sanusi, also managed to escape from a Navy detention center
\nafter cutting the iron bars of their cell using a hacksaw.<\/p>\n
After nearly three weeks tracking the two fugitives, the Navy
\nnabbed Suud in Malang, East Java.<\/p>\n
Syam, however, remains at large.<\/p>\n
The two are facing death sentences for the hired assassination
\nof businessman Boedyharto Angsono and his Army Special Forces
\n(Kopassus) bodyguard Second Sgt. Edi Siyep in July 2003.
\nBoedyharto was president of a company called PT Arena Sarana
\nBakti (Asaba).<\/p>\n
The two convicts were also discharged from the military.<\/p>\n
The Garrison Military Court had actually set a deadline for
\nthe execution of the two when the May escape took place.<\/p>\n
Endriartono refused to comment on speculation that the
\nincident had happened "by-design" with some reports speculating
\nthat the marine soldier "seemed to have been coached on how to
\ncarry out the escape."<\/p>\n
There have been similar jailbreaks from military detention in
\nthe past. For example, Army soldier, Second Pvt. Agung Wibowo,
\nescaped from his cell at the Jakarta Military Police detention
\ncenter prior to his questioning in connection with a shooting
\nincident and illegal weapons transactions in September last year.
\nHe was apprehended a day later.<\/p>\n
The most high-profile jailbreak involving the military took
\nplace in 2001, when four suspects with roles in the 2000 Jakarta
\nStock Exchange (JSX) bomb attack, all of whom were military men,
\nbroke out of Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta. Only one of
\nthem was recaptured and he was later sentenced to 20 years'
\nimprisonment.<\/p>\n
The bombing of the JSX building's basement parking lot left 10
\npeople dead.<\/p>\n
Military analysts have said the country's judicial system,
\nwhich provides privileges and impunity for the military, was to
\nblame for jailbreaks involving soldiers. The analysts further
\nsuggested that the government and the lawmakers amend legislation
\non military tribunals to enable the police to investigate crimes
\ninvolving military personnel and put them on trial in district
\ncourts.<\/p>",
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