BPPC staffer found dead at Tebet motel
BPPC staffer found dead at Tebet motel
JAKARTA (JP): A 62-year-old man was found dead, his mouth filled with foam, in a room at the Wisma Tebet motel in South Jakarta Monday evening.
The man was M. Nurdin Siagian, a staff member of the Clove Marketing and Buffer-stock Management Agency (BPPC).
Police are still investigating the cause of death and have questioned a number of witnesses, including a married woman, identified as Dian Anggraeni Asmoro, 27, who allegedly spent about one hour with Nurdin in room number 111 at the motel.
"We will do our best to find the cause of his death, but things have become quite difficult now as relatives of the dead have taken Nurdin's body from the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM) without permission from the police," a reliable police source, who asked to remain anonymous, said yesterday.
Police said when they came to the scene that the victim was wearing his trousers.
Earlier in the day, the source said, Dian came to Nurdin's office at the Wisma Antara building on Jl. Agus Salim in Central Jakarta. He said she brought an application to work for the agency, which is assigned by the government to handle the procurement of cloves from farmers.
Sources at the scene said that Dian was accompanied by her husband. However, police said that she was alone.
After giving her application letter to the personnel staff, Dian was about to leave the office when Nurdin came up and offered to give her a ride.
"During questioning, Dian said that she had known Nurdin since last year when they met in Tegal, Central Java," the police said.
The two left Wisma Antara in Nurdin's Kijang Super minibus. After driving around the city for several minutes, Nurdin allegedly stopped car at the Wisma Tebet motel.
Employees at the motel said that the two came at 5:35 p.m.
Dian told Tebet police investigators that they did nothing scandalous in the motel room.
She said after a few minutes in the room Nurdin asked a room boy to buy hand lotion for him.
Dian, who is a daughter of a retired policeman, said she had no idea why Nurdin wanted the lotion.
She said when the room boy was still on his way to get the lotion, Nurdin entered the bathroom and spent several minutes there.
"When he came out, he coughed loudly and his body was shivering," Dian said. "While he laid his body in the bed, I got out of the room asking for help."
She said one of the motel's security guards and a passing woman entered the room but failed to save Nurdin's life. (bsr)