Two policemen detained for shooting trader to death<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The military police have detained two police
\nsergeants who were allegedly involved in the shooting dead of a
\nused book vendor in Senen market in Central Jakarta on Thursday.
\nOne was reportedly drunk at the time.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col. Iman Harjatna confirmed
\non Friday that one of the officers killed the vendor, identified
\nas Ramli Frans Tamba, and the latter was caught red-handed
\nselling a pornographic video compact disk (VCD) to a minor during
\na routine operation cracking down on pornographic material.<\/p>\n
\"The officer was forced to shoot because instead of
\nsurrendering, the victim tried to attack him with a dagger,\" Iman
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
According to Iman, the police confiscated a pornographic VCD
\nand a dagger, both belonging to Ramli, as evidence.<\/p>\n
\"Neither Sgt. Maj. S. Budi Utomo nor Sgt. Maj. Arief Rusman
\ntried to escape from their responsibilities. They even helped
\ntake the victim to the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital,\" Iman said.<\/p>\n
The two on-duty plainclothes officers were part of a police
\nintelligence team deployed to bust the distribution of
\npornographic books and VCDs in Central Jakarta, Iman said, adding
\nthat the operation began a month ago.<\/p>\n
When pressed whether one of the sergeants was under the
\ninfluence of alcohol, as witnessed by several vendors at the
\nSenen market, Iman declined to comment.<\/p>\n
\"We should wait for the military police investigation, but the
\nfact is that they were on duty and in danger so they were forced
\nto use their guns, \" Iman said.<\/p>\n
According to Ramli's relatives, Ramli was shot once from
\nbehind in the back, the bullet reportedly piercing his lungs.<\/p>\n
The incident, which took place at 4:15 p.m., was witnessed by
\nmany onlookers, mostly Ramli's fellow traders.<\/p>\n
\"He died at the scene. Moments before he died, we heard him
\nshouting: 'I'm not a criminal why did you shoot me?',\" Agus
\nTamba, the victim's brother, said.<\/p>\n
\"Ramli didn't have a dagger and I saw him serving the two
\npolicemen kindly and didn't fight back at all. The policemen
\nbecame angry and scolded him for no reason.\"<\/p>\n
Most of Ramli's friends and relatives deeply regretted the
\nshooting as the officers did not fire any warning shots before
\nshooting Ramli.<\/p>\n
\"It's unlikely that Ramli tried to run away because his kiosk
\nwas close to many others,\" one of Ramli's other relatives said.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old trader, a resident of Sumur Batu subdistrict
\nin Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, is survived by his wife Lilis
\nSuryani Pasaribu and six children.<\/p>\n
Ramli's son, Ricardo said he was deeply shocked as he was the
\none who held his father before he fell.<\/p>\n
\"Why did the police feel the need to shoot him like that, he
\nwas not a culprit?\" Ricardo asked.<\/p>\n
However, he admitted that some \"illegal\" merchandises could be
\nfound among the used comics and magazines in his father's kiosk.<\/p>\n
\"But that's not only my father. We don't have any choice. If
\nselling those illegal goods is better than the old and used ones,
\nthen why not, as long as they're all halal (permissible according
\nto Islamic teachings),\" Ricardo who also owns a kiosk in the
\nmarket, said. (emf)<\/p>",
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