Bar owner shot to death

MERAUKE, Irian Jaya (JP): A bar owner here was shot to death on Monday by a drunk soldier, a military officer said on Tuesday.

The commander of the local military district, Lt. Col. Udin Supidin, said Corp. second class RR shot Pudjiastuti, the owner of Anggraeini Bar & Restaurant, with an FN 45 gun.

Quoting a witness, Udin said the soldier and the female victim were never romantically involved. The witness, who is a friend of the suspect, also said the two were not quarreling before the shooting.

RR was just drunk and took out his pistol and shot the woman, Udin quoted the witness as saying. "The witness asked him not to play with the gun, but RR did not heed him," Udin said. (34/sur)