RI teenager accused of murder in U.S.<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A 19-year-old Indonesian and six of his
\nVietnamese accomplices accused of murdering three Vietnamese in a
\ncafe in San Jose, California, earlier this month, went through an
\narraignment process on Thursday at the San Jose district court.<\/p>\n
\"The Indonesian consulate general in San Francisco has sent a
\nrepresentative to attend the case's first arraignment process,\"
\nsaid Gustanto, the head of its information division, to the
\nAntara news agency.<\/p>\n
The arraignment process will involve a hearing on the case and
\nissues pertaining to lawyers for the defendants.<\/p>\n
Jef Subana is the second Indonesian in the U.S. accused of
\nhomicide this year. The other, 30-year-old Harnoko Dewantono,
\nalias Oki, is now awaiting trial in Jakarta for the killing of
\ntwo Indonesians and an Indian in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.
\nInvestigation of the Oki case is being conducted by the
\nIndonesian police in cooperation with U.S. police authorities.<\/p>\n
Gustanto predicts that the trials for the San Jose murder case
\ncould take a long time, pointing out that the arraignment process
\nalone would have to be done repeatedly.<\/p>\n
The San Jose police are presently searching for additional
\nevidence and others suspected of being involved in the murder.<\/p>\n
So far they have arrested seven men, including the Indonesian
\nidentified as Jef Subana, for killing three men, reportedly the
\nwrong targets.<\/p>\n
The men have been in detention since March 15 at the Santa
\nClara County Department of Correction and are waiting for further
\ncourt procedures.<\/p>\n
According to the March 12 edition of the San Jose Mercury
\nNews, the killing occurred at 2:15 a.m. on March 11 at the Cafe
\nMay Tim.<\/p>\n
At the time, the three victims were playing video games in the
\ncrowded cafe when a group of young men came up suddenly and
\nopened fire on them. Two victims died at the scene and another
\ndied on his way to the San Jose Medical Center.<\/p>\n
Gustanto said the Consulate General, like the rest of
\nIndonesia's consulates that face similar cases involving
\nIndonesians, would give Jef as much assistance as possible.<\/p>\n
Jef claims only to have fired off some warning shots,
\nmaintaining that his Vietnamese accomplices were the ones who
\nshot the victims, who were also Vietnamese.<\/p>\n
Jef himself was also slightly wounded by a passing bullet fired
\nby one of his friends.<\/p>\n
The suspects told the police they had shot the wrong targets,
\nand that they had been searching for those responsible for
\nwounding one of Jef's friends in an earlier incident.<\/p>\n
There are presently some 4,000 Indonesian citizens living in
\nSan Francisco, most of whom are high school and college students
\nstudying at their own expense.<\/p>\n
Gustanto said Jef's mother, Suhartini Subana, has met with
\nConsul General Ahmad Fauzi Gani and that she was \"deeply shocked\"
\nto learn that her son was involved.<\/p>\n
Detective Sgt. Chuck Hahn from the San Jose Homicide
\nDepartment said the next arraignment process would be held on
\nApril 11.<\/p>\n
\"This is the first murder case in San Jose which has resulted
\nin the death of three people in the last decade,\" he was quoted
\nby Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
Hahn, who has been assigned to handle the case together with
\nhis partner Sgt. Don Moore, said that if the suspects could face
\nthe death penalty if they are found guilty of murder. (pwn)<\/p>",
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