Adiguna's case file returned to police investigators

Adiguna's case file returned to police investigators

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The city prosecutor's office returned the case file of suspected
killer Adiguna Sutowo to the Jakarta Police on Thursday as the
documentation of evidence in the file was insufficient.

The police had filed the report on the fatal shooting of
Yohannes Berchmans Haerudy Natong alias Rudy -- at the Fluid Bar
in the Hilton Hotel in Central Jakarta early on New Year's day --
with the prosecutor's office a week ago.

"The office wants us to complete this case file within 14
days, which I think we can do," Jakarta Police spokesman Sr.
Comr. Tjiptono said on Thursday.

"We have to work based on the four guidelines provided by the
prosecutors. These guidelines will be used for completing the
file," he said.

According to Tjiptono, the prosecutor's requirements could
easily be met.

He declined to go into detail on the required evidence.

Attorney General's Office (AGO) spokesman Soehandoyo said that
several documents, which should have been attached to the case
file by police investigators, had been missing from the report.

"Those requirements consist of documents, including the
court's decision on confiscation, the court's warrant for
investigation, and the document on the possession of a firearm,"
he was quoted as saying by Detik.com.

Soehandoyo added that prosecutors had also asked the
investigators to obtain more comprehensive statements from
experts on ballistics and forensic analysis.

Adiguna Sutowo, a brother of the major shareholder in Hilton
Hotel, Ponco Sutowo, has been charged under Article 338 of the
Criminal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years'
imprisonment, and Article One on Emergency Law No. 2/1951, which
carries the maximum death sentence.