Police continue suicide probe<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police decided yesterday that the businessman
\nfound dead in a Central Jakarta hospital compound on Monday
\nmorning committed suicide.<\/p>\n
\"However, we're still waiting for the results from the
\nforensic examiners,\" city police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna
\ntold The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
According to Central Jakarta police chief Lt. Col. Murawi
\nEffendi, the preliminary conclusion is based on the material
\nevidence available, circumstances at the scene, witnesses and
\ninterviews with the victim's relatives.<\/p>\n
\"There were no signs of any struggle,\" Murawi told the Post.<\/p>\n
Moreover, all nurses, doctors and visitors close to the scene
\nat the time have said they heard no screams, he said.<\/p>\n
The corpse of Hardi Tjandra (not Tjandra Tjandra as reported
\nyesterday), 58, was found under a tree beside the surgery room of
\nthe Husada hospital in Central Jakarta by visitors and on-duty
\nnurses at 6:30 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n
The body had three stab wounds to the neck and stomach. Two
\nknives were still stuck in him, and another was found close by.<\/p>\n
Police discovered a signed note in Hardi's pocket, saying he
\nwanted to kill himself after failing to handle the labor dispute
\nat his factory, PT BTMHH, in Bekasi, 35 kilometers east of the
\ncapital.<\/p>\n
As of yesterday, police had not confirmed the motive, but a
\nreliable police source told the Post the reason might have been
\nconnected with problems Hardi faced at his factory and with his
\nfamily.<\/p>\n
\"We need more information from his relatives about Hardi's
\nlife and business activities,\" Murawi said.<\/p>\n
\"In the meantime, we don't want to disturb the family who is
\nmourning his death,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to a reliable source, who refused to be named, one
\nof the three knives was identified as being owned by Hardi's
\nfamily.<\/p>\n
Murawi said Hardi, who lived near the hospital, is believed to
\nhave entered the hospital's compound on Jl. Mangga Besar Raya in
\nthe early hours of Monday, pretending that he was going to visit
\na relative who was often treated at the hospital.<\/p>\n
\"The victim was recognized as a regular visitor by many
\nnurses, doctors and security guards at the hospital,\" Murawi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Hardi's corpse was collected by his relatives on Monday
\nevening. They refused to allow doctors at the Cipto Mangunkusumo
\ngeneral hospital to perform an autopsy.<\/p>\n
\"The doctors told me they carried out a postmortem
\nexamination, which is enough for our investigation,\" Murawi said.
\n(bsr)<\/p>",
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