Businessman, bodyguard shot dead

Businessman, bodyguard shot dead

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Two unidentified men shot dead the president of computer firm PT
Asabha and his bodyguard, a member of the Army's Special Force
Command (Kopassus), in Pluit, North Jakarta, on Saturday morning.

The two men drove a motorcycle toward Budi Hartono Angsono,
accompanied by his bodyguard, Second Sgt. Edi Syet, as they were
jogging at Sasana Krida sport stadium at about 5 a.m.

Using a rifle the men shot Edi, who was an officer at
Kopassus' unit V at Cijantung headquarters.

Budi tried to escape but the men chased him and shot him in
the back.

The businessman and his bodyguard died instantly and several
shot wounds marked their bodies. Police found several bullets
close by the victim's bodies. The men on the motorcycle escaped.

City Police Detective chief Sr. Comr. Andi Chaeruddin said the
incident was an assassination and not the result of a robbery as
the businessman's belongings were not taken by the suspects.

"It's not a robbery. The suspects did not take Budi's car,"
Andi told The Jakarta Post

He couldn't reveal the motive behind the murder but linked it
with the attempted murder of PT Asabha's finance director on June
6, which police are still investigating.

Two unidentified men shot at the director, Paulus Tejakusuma,
while the victim was driving Budi's sedan along Jl. Angkasa in
Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

When Paulus stopped at the traffic light in front of Golden
Hotel, two men on a motorcycle suddenly appeared from the other
direction.

As the suspects approached the car, one of the men got off the
motorcycle and fired two bullets at the sedan from a distance of
about two meters. The men then quickly fled the scene.

Paulus survived but suffered serious wounds to the chin, the
right hand and the chest. The assailants have not been caught.

However, military sources told the Post on Saturday that the
murders were suspected to be connected with a family feud.

Budi and his son had earlier received a death threat, the
sources said.

At least nine shooting incidents have occurred in the city
since January. On Jan. 3, 2003, Brig. Gen. (ret) Soenarso
Djajoesman, 74, a former ambassador to Malaysia, was shot in the
leg by six armed robbers. The robbers were later captured by
police.