Advice to all bodyguards

In connection with the recent murder of the president director of PT Asaba, Boedyharto Angsono, and his bodyguard, First Sgt. Edy Siyet, I would like to recount an experience I had in Brazil.

At the end of a conference in Sao Paulo in October last year, attendees were taken to a department store to buy souvenirs, accompanied by a special guard.

The guard was a tall and sturdy man of Italian descent. Upon arrival at the store, he got out of the car to observe the situation. After making sure everything was all right, he ordered the driver to open the car door while watching out until all delegates were inside the building.

This was different from the Asaba chief's security protection, in which his guard opened the car door. At that very second he became lax and the killers used this moment to shoot him.

SUNARTO PRAWIROSUJANTO Jakarta