Bus driver named suspect after accident
Bus driver named suspect after accident
SEMARANG, Central Java: A bus driver Uus Usnadi has been named
a suspect, following a recent crash in Majenang district, Cilacap
regency, which killed seven people, including six people from one
family, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
The 42-year-old driver was a resident of Ciamis regency in
West Java, according to Cilacap Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Prasta Wahyu Hidayat.
Prasta said that the Cilacap police were supposed to name
another suspect in the case, namely Wanto Wibowo, the driver of a
Kijang van, which collided with a bus driven by Uus.
But, the police finally declined to name Wanto a suspect,
because the 31-year-old Wanto also died in the collision, he said
in the Central Java capital of Semarang.
Prasta said that the police's preliminary investigation
suggested that the accident was caused mainly by human error.
Meanwhile, the police have also shifted routes for that
companies buses, "Budiman", plying the Purwokerto to Jakarta and
Wonosobo to Jakarta routes, in order to prevent possible attacks
by vengeance-minded locals.
"Budiman" buses used to go through the Majenang district, but
after the incident, the buses must shift routes to streets in
nearby Karangpucung and Cukangleuleus areas.
The accident occurred on Wednesday around midnight when the
speeding Kijang minivan, which took a corner on Jl. Pahonjean in
Majenang, was hit by the speeding "Budiman" driven by Uus,
allegedly on the wrong side of the road. -- Antara
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Across-killing
Man kills wife and two children
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Man kills wife and two children
PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Pontianak police arrested a man
here on Saturday after he admitted to killing his wife and two
children on Saturday morning.
According to the police report, the 42-year-old suspect,
identified as CMB, admitted that he killed his family members
after he quarreled with his wife on Saturday morning.
Police sources said that CMB used a knife in the slayings.
The motive behind the killing of the two children, aged four
and nine, was not known yet.
Police found that the bodies of the three victims in the
living room in a housing complex in Pontianak.
The police also found that there were bruises on the neck of
each victim. The three bodies were taken to the morgue of the
Soedarso general hospital.
A brother of CMB's wife reported the murder to police. --
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Three anti-TNI students arrested
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Three anti-TNI students arrested
JEMBER, East Java: Jember police arrested three students on
Saturday after they staged a protest in Tegal Boto area here
without permit.
The students, grouped under the National Student League for
Democracy (LMND), were Achmad Zainul Rofiq, Abdul Basit and
Apolos Sudardoni. All three are students from Jember-based
Brawijaya University.
"They were arrested for questioning on the grounds that they
have violated Law No. 9/1998 on the Freedom of Expression," said
Jember Police's chief of intelligence Adj. Comr. Isworo.
The protest, organized by the three students, were attended by
some 30 students. The protest was held in conjunction with the
58th Anniversary of the Indonesian military (TNI) that falls on
Oct. 5.
In the protest, the students rejected the involvement of the
military in politics. The students also demanded justice in the
trials for generals accused of gross human rights violations in
the East Timor and Tanjung Priok cases.
Despite the arrest of the three students, Isworo said that the
police would immediately release them after questioning.
Law No. 9/1998 gave the right to the police to disperse people
staging protests without a permit, but it does not stipulate jail
sentences. Antara