No release for driver, despite public apology<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The family of Aradea Kusumah Diningrat, a driver whose Honda City
\nplowed into a group of Sunday morning joggers last month, has
\nmade a \"peace pact\" with the families of the four people killed
\nin the accident, who have in turn asked that the suspect be
\nreleased from detention.<\/p>\n
But Comr. Naufal Yahya, head of the Jakarta Police Traffic Law
\nEnforcement Division, rejected the request on Wednesday, saying
\nthe man would be prosecuted.<\/p>\n
\"We feel it would be morally wrong to release him during
\ninvestigation as four people lost their lives in the accident,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
It is common for the family of a suspect in a road accident to
\ncompensate the victims for medical costs and for any losses
\ninflicted. However, it does not necessarily mean that the police
\nwill drop criminal charges.<\/p>\n
\"If the victims and the suspect have made an agreement and the
\nvictims do not wish to file a lawsuit, the police can immediately
\ndrop the case,\" Naufal said. \"Yet, considering the death toll, we
\nhave decided to keep him here in detention.\"<\/p>\n
Aradea has been detained since March 14, after he crashed his
\nsilver sedan into the group of joggers on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
He was reportedly speeding from his house in Lebak Bulus,
\nSouth Jakarta, to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in
\nCengkareng, Tangerang.<\/p>\n
Raslan, 27, a resident of Semanan, Kalideres, West Jakarta;
\nHasrul Hakim, 36, a resident of Cipinang, East Jakarta; Suyatmo,
\n34, a resident of Palmerah, West Jakarta; and Abbas Hasan, 36, of
\nKampung Rawa, Johar Baru, Central Jakarta, died at the scene.<\/p>\n
Three others were also injured in the incident, namely Yudi
\nWicaksono, 28, whose left arm was broken and head bruised; Ilham
\nSentosa, 43, whose left leg was broken and cut; and Muasrif,
\nwhose legs were bruised.<\/p>\n
Aradea is accused of violating Article 359 of the Criminal
\nCode on manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of five
\nyears in prison.<\/p>\n
Previously, police revealed that methamphetamine had been
\ndetected in Aradea's urine sample. The substance is largely used
\nto make drugs, such as ecstasy.<\/p>",
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