20-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing Canadian
20-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing Canadian
JAKARTA (JP): A 20-year-old man who allegedly killed his
Canadian brother-in-law after learning that the victim frequently
assaulted his sister, was arrested yesterday morning.
A police team, led by Cilandak Police Chief Capt. Nurhayati,
arrested the suspect, Kurniawan alias Iwan, at his parent's house
on Jl. Habsy in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, at about 9 a.m.
The police had traced Iwan in Senen, Central Jakarta, and
Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, after the murder.
During the preliminary interrogation, Iwan said that he often
felt offended when the victim, Jon Joseph Mitchon, 38, called his
wife, Ovelia, a hooker when she was about to leave their house
for work at 10 p.m. every day.
"The expatriate, according to Iwan, also often used the same
word when he quarreled with his wife," said Nurhayati.
The South African-born Mitchon lived in a rented house on Jl.
Bahari Raya in Cilandak, South Jakarta with his wife and two
children. Iwan and three of his brothers also lived there.
Iwan said that his sister was like a mother to him because she
had taken care of him since he was a child.
Another police source said Mitchon had not given any money to
Ovelia for three months. The couple had also slept in different
beds during that period, said the officer.
During questioning, Ovelia told police that she worked at a
restaurant but she declined to mention its name. Relatives said
Ovelia left her house at 10 p.m and returned at 3 a.m every day.
Ovelia worked to support her four brothers and her two
children from her first husband. Mitchon worked at the South
Jakarta construction company PT Tri Patra on Jl. TB Simatupang.
After the Isya evening prayer, Iwan witnessed Mitchon became
involved in a heated quarrel with Ovelia.
Iwan, dubbed by his sister as a quiet man, took a knife and
stabbed Mitchon. The victim managed to evade the blow with his
left hand, but he was later stabbed in his stomach.
The victim died instantly. His body has been taken to the
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for a postmortem examination.
An employee of the morgue said the hospital would only undergo
the examination once it had received approval from Mitchon's
relatives. (jun/04)