Police lieutenant main suspect in Tjetje's death<\/p>\n
BANDUNG (JP): West Java Police Chief Maj. Gen. Nana Permana
\nyesterday officially declared the Bogor police's chief detective,
\nFirst Lt. DT, was the suspect in the death of a robbery suspect
\nwhile in Bogor police custody.<\/p>\n
The statement ended speculation over whether Tjetje Tadjudin
\n(not Cece Tajudin as earlier reported) was tortured while in
\npolice custody.<\/p>\n
Nana, who was in Sukabumi regency, 93km west of Bandung, said
\nLt. DT was in police detention and a special team had been set up
\nto investigate the case.<\/p>\n
The spokesman for West Java's Siliwangi Military Command, Lt.
\nCol. Herman Ibrahim, said Army members were on the investigative
\nteam. Herman refused to comment further on Tjetje's death.<\/p>\n
Nana also said two sergeants were being questioned over
\nTjetje's death. \"But we have not yet found evidence of their
\ninvolvement,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The two sergeants told the investigative team they saw Lt. DT.
\ninterrogating Tjetje and his friend Norman, Nana said.<\/p>\n
Nana acknowledged that preliminary examinations and a
\npostmortem indicated Tjetje, a 42-year-old father of three, did
\nnot commit suicide and did not die from a serious illness.
\n\"Therefore, there must be people who got involved in the beating.
\nAnd field investigations strongly indicate that Lt. DT, is the
\nlikely suspect,\" Nana said.<\/p>\n
\"The suspect is the man most responsible for the safety and
\nsecurity of Tjetje in custody. Tjetje's death proves that there
\nare police officers who are still lacking professionalism,\" Nana
\nsaid. \"This case is a bitter lesson for us.\"<\/p>\n
However, he did not believe his subordinate(s) had intended to
\nkill the suspect.<\/p>\n
Key witness<\/p>\n
Tjetje was expected to be a key witness in the fatal robbery
\non the Jagorawi toll road which claimed the life of his friend
\nZaenuddin Lesmana on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n
Tjetje and Norman Lubis were passengers in Zaenuddin's Hyundai
\nElantra sedan which was intercepted by a Kijang van carrying
\nthree people. The three unidentified men got out of the van and
\nfired at Zaenuddin's car's rear windshield..<\/p>\n
The Hyundai's driver, Zaenuddin, was killed while Tjetje and
\nNorman escaped unhurt. The robbers made off with some of the
\nmoney in Zaenuddin's car but left Rp 300 million.<\/p>\n
Zaenuddin had just withdrawn the money from a BRI bank branch
\nin Bogor. The money belonged to his employer.<\/p>\n
Tjetje and Norman were later arrested by Bogor police who
\nbelieved they were the robbers' accomplices.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Bogor Regency Police Chief Col. Dadang Garnida
\nannounced Tjetje died on the way to the PMI hospital from a
\nrespiratory problem.<\/p>\n
Various officials have made conflicting statements about
\nTjetje's death. Tjetje worked at the state-owned housing company
\nPerum Perumnas.<\/p>\n
Police who handed Tjetje's body to his relatives for burial
\nsaid Tjetje, 42, died from a serious illness he already had.
\nTjetje's relatives strongly rejected this.<\/p>\n
The chief of Bogor Regency Military Command, Col. Eddi
\nBudianto, said there were procedural errors in Tjetje's
\ninterrogation. \"Investigators had been too coercive in making the
\nsuspect admit something,\" Eddi was quoted by Pos Kota as saying
\non Thursday.<\/p>\n
The head of the National Police Crime Investigation
\nDirectorate, Brig. Gen. Rusdihardjo, said on Wednesday during an
\nInterpol meeting in Antalya, Turkey, that Tjetje might have been
\nbrutally battered while in police custody.<\/p>\n
Unofficial reports said Tjetje and Norman were also
\ninterrogated by military police. Nana acknowledged this, but
\nrefused to reveal if the two were tortured by military police
\nofficers. \"What I know is the suspects were questioned over the
\npossible involvement of Armed Forces' members in the robbery,\"
\nNana said.<\/p>\n
Norman is still in the Bogor police lockup and Nana has
\ninstructed subordinates to protect him properly as he is the only
\nwitness to the robbery. (17\/sur\/21)<\/p>\n
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