Palu prosecutor gunned down<\/p>\n
Ruslan Sangadji and Irvan NR, Palu<\/p>\n
In the latest mystery shooting in Central Sulawesi, a prosecutor
\nwho dealt with terrorism cases was gunned down in the provincial
\ncapital of Palu, his wife and police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Ferry Silalahi was shot dead at around 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday
\nin his car outside the residence of lawyer Thomas D. Ihalaw on
\nJl. Swadaya in Tana Modindi neighborhood, South Palu.<\/p>\n
Ferry and his wife were just leaving the house after attending
\nevening Mass, Palu Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Noman Siswandi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Ferry's body was laid out on Thursday at his home on Jl.
\nMayjen Sutoyo, East Palu, before it was flown to Jakarta on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
Noman said unidentified gunmen shot the prosecutor several
\ntimes, shattering the windshield of his car. Ferry died
\ninstantly, and the autopsy showed the weapon used was an
\nautomatic rifle.<\/p>\n
The victim's wife survived the attack, as she had quickly
\njumped out of the car, he added.<\/p>\n
Police are hunting down the gunmen, who are believed to have
\nfled to the eastern part of Palu after the attack.<\/p>\n
Noman said officers had identified the killers, but declined
\nto release their identities in the interest of the ongoing
\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n
\"I promise to thoroughly investigate the case, because
\notherwise it will ruin the authority of law enforcement,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office head I Made Yasa said a
\ngroup of terrorists was behind the murder, but declined to
\ncomment further, as he still in mourning over the death of his
\nsubordinate.<\/p>\n
According to Ferry's wife, Yulia, four gunmen on two
\nmotorcycles had carried out the attack. She said they had dark
\nskin and long hair.<\/p>\n
Earlier, at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, she said she had seen
\nsimilar men walking around outside her house.<\/p>\n
She added that a neighbor said men with similar traits had
\nbought an earring at a nearby kiosk.<\/p>\n
The neighbor said only one of the men, who all looked
\n\"spooky\", had talked to the vendor.<\/p>\n
Ferry had been working in Palu for over a year, and like other
\nprosecutors, he dealt with dozens of cases, including those on
\ncorruption and terrorism.<\/p>\n
The most recent terrorism cases he had prosecuted were those
\non Bali bombing suspects Firmansyah, Fajri and Aang Hasanuddin.<\/p>\n
Firmansyah and Fajri were sentenced to five years for aiding
\nand abetting another Bali bombing suspect, Achmad Roichan, while
\nAang was jailed for three years for not informing police of the
\nactivities of the other two.<\/p>\n
An appellate court ordered on May 11 that the convicts be
\nreleased from detention, but Ferry and prosecutor Syahrul Alam
\nhad appealed the court order, and were awaiting a Supreme Court
\nruling.<\/p>\n
Ferry also assisted in trying a major corruption case against
\nAmbo Dalle, director of the Central Sulawesi village cooperatives
\ncenter, which involved billions of rupiah.<\/p>\n
During his tenure at the Tangerang Prosecutor's Office in
\nGreater Jakarta, Ferry prosecuted Ang Kim Soei, who was sentenced
\nto death in 2003 for operating an Ecstasy laboratory, reported to
\nbe one of Southeast Asia's largest such facility.<\/p>\n
Palu is some 200 kilometers from the Central Sulawesi regency
\nof Poso, which has recently experienced a string of attacks by
\nunidentified gunmen.<\/p>",
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