Police search for bodies of six workers<\/p>\n
PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Of the nine people believed to
\nhave been killed by a person recruiting them to work overseas,
\npolice have only recovered three of the bodies.<\/p>\n
Banyumas Police chief Lt. Col. Johnny H. Hutauruk told The
\nJakarta Post on Friday that the three were identified as Syaiful,
\n20, Suratno, 21, and Sarno, 23, all from Cirebon.<\/p>\n
On Friday police were still searching the Serayu River and
\nothers areas along the north coast in an attempt to locate the
\nremains of Arifin, Taka, Tinggal, Syarif, Hamzah and Amijaya
\nFirdaus, also mostly in their 20s. Most of the victims are
\nbelieved to have been given sedatives, police said. Autopsies of
\nthe bodies of Suratno and Sarno revealed stab wounds to their
\nnecks.<\/p>\n
Johnny said the first victim, Syaiful, was killed in December
\nwhile the last victim was killed earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Police, citing testimony given by the suspect, said the
\nvictims were killed because the suspect could not stand their
\nconstant pestering, asking him when they could leave and start
\nwork.<\/p>\n
The suspect told police he had promised the victims work in
\nSingapore, Malaysia and Brunei, but their passports had not yet
\nbeen issued. The victims applied five months ago for their
\npassports, paying millions of rupiah, police said.<\/p>\n
Two of the victims were buried in the Banyumas and Kebumen
\nforests, and the other victim was found in a septic tank behind
\nthe suspect's home. The remaining six victims were reportedly
\ndumped in a river.<\/p>\n
The suspect, Aidit, 27, who was arrested on Thursday, said he
\nworked as a broker for migrant workers for a labor supply firm in
\nJakarta. Police said he came from the Kapetakan district in the
\nCirebon regency, West Java, and was staying in the village of
\nKedungwuluh Kidul in the Patikraja district in Banyumas. He is
\nnow being detained at the Banyumas Police station. Neighbors
\nreported the suspect to police because they were suspicious of
\nthe constant stream of strange visitors to his house. (45)<\/p>",
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