Burglar killed

Burglar killed

JAKARTA (JP): An unidentified transvestite was beaten to death
in Cipinang district, East Jakarta, for allegedly breaking into a
house and attempting to burglarize it, according to police.

City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday the
suspect had allegedly forced his way into the house of Widodo in
Taman Cipinang Timur housing complex at 4 a.m. Wednesday.

"The house owner said he saw the transvestite with the stolen
goods, including a clock, some clothes and bras, in the living
room," Aritonang said.

"The suspect panicked and ran out of the house followed by the
house owner who screamed 'thief, thief'," he said.

A crowd of locals ran after the suspect, caught him and beat
him not far from the crime scene, he said.

The police were unable to obtain the suspect's name from him
because he was in a critical condition by the time they arrived
on the scene, Aritonang said. He died on the way to the hospital.

A source at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue
in Central Jakarta said yesterday afternoon that nobody had come
forward to claim the body. (cst)