Police reopen Beng Seng murder case<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta police officials said yesterday they are
\nreinvestigating the murder of entertainment businessman Nyo Beng
\nSeng, who was stabbed in North Jakarta in April last year.<\/p>\n
\"The new probe is being conducted to determine the mastermind
\nof the murder,\" Chief of the City Police Force Maj. Gen. Dibyo
\nWidodo told reporters.<\/p>\n
Dibyo added that for the purpose of investigation police have
\nquestioned Nyo Beng Seng's lawyer Leo Kartono and the victim's
\nsecond wife Tuti Sulastri.<\/p>\n
\"The public has questioned why the other men have been
\npunished in the murder case but the mastermind remains at large.
\nThe police also want to know,\" Dibyo added.<\/p>\n
The North Jakarta District Court sentenced two men last month
\nto 20 years and 15 years imprisonment after convicting them of
\nmurdering Nyo Beng Seng.<\/p>\n
Agiono Safran, 44, and Sudartono, alias Atok, 46, were found
\nguilty of stabbing Nyo Beng Seng, alias Darmansyah Sujadi, to
\ndeath.<\/p>\n
So far, the court has been unable to identify beyond a doubt
\nthe person who masterminded the killing of the businessman.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecutor at the trial of Agiono and
\nSudartono, the murder was carried out on the instructions of Beng
\nSeng's business competitor Hong Lie, following an argument
\nbetween the two men in which Beng Seng allegedly asked Hong Lie
\nto pay a debt of US$3.2 million<\/p>\n
Police strongly believe that it was Hong Lie who masterminded
\nthe killing on the grounds that he would be able to take over
\nBeng Seng's position as one of the most powerful gambling
\norganizers in the city.<\/p>\n
Dibyo Widodo said that the city police put Hong Lie's name on
\ntheir most wanted list and had sent a copy to Interpol's National
\nCentral Bureau at National Police Headquarters, to ask for
\nassistance in arresting him. Hong Lie is believed to be in
\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
The murdered man was the owner of a leading music recording
\ncompany, PT Irama Tara, as well as of several massage parlors and
\nnight clubs in Jakarta. He was also a contact person for
\nIndonesians who wanted to gamble at exclusive gambling venues in
\nMalaysia, Hong Kong and Australia.<\/p>\n
National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman Astrosemitro
\nsaid last July that the police could only ask Interpol to help
\narrest entertainment businessman Hong Lie on the basis of the
\nrequest made by the prosecutors.<\/p>\n
In a related event, Hong Lie told Indonesian reporters who met
\nhim in Singapore that the killing of Beng Seng was masterminded
\nby A Guam, alias Ali Leo Kartono, who owed a huge sum of money to
\nBeng Seng. (01)<\/p>",
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