Businessman found dead in Thousand Islands

Businessman found dead in Thousand Islands

JAKARTA (JP): Officers of the Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand
Islands) Police subprecinct off the North Jakarta coast excavated
the body of a business executive from a graveyard at the remote
island of Pulau Tikus on Wednesday, a policeman said.

An officer from the subprecinct's patrol unit, Sgt. Maj. Juli
Prayitno, told reporters at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital that the corpse of Supriyono, 38, director of PT Wahyu
Kencana Tirta contractor firm, was buried by local residents on
Saturday but reported the case to the police three days later.

He quoted the Pulau Tikus residents as saying that they found
the dead body floating in the sea and decided to bury the corpse
immediately.

"On Tuesday, the third day after his burial, one of the
residents arrived at our office and reported finding the body,"
said Juli, who along with several colleagues brought the corpse
to the Cipto hospital in Central Jakarta for post-mortem
examination.

According to him, the police could understand the failure of
the residents to immediately report the case to the officers due
to the lack of transportation and communication facilities at the
island.

"The boat ride from our office to the island, which is about
three nautical miles away, took at least six hours per trip,"
officer Juli said.

Juli said that identification of the body was based on a
document found by the residents in his wallet.

"They also found Rp 500,000 in the wallet," the officer
explained.

The residents told the officers that they used the money to
pay for proper burial of the body. The locals, for example,
bathed the corpse.

Police proceeded to the address found on the body on Tuesday
evening in Jatimulya subdistrict, Tambun in Bekasi where they met
and notified Supriyono's wife and their two daughters.

Upon the arrival of the remains at the Cipto hospital on
Wednesday afternoon, Supriyono's grieving wife Yoyoh Yohana, her
two daughters and other family members, who were already at the
hospital, confirmed the identity and immediately collected the
corpse.

According to officer Juli, the police are still in the dark
but have detained a Tangerang psychic for further questioning
about the death of the businessman.

"The victim's wife said that her husband told her on Thursday
that he was going to see the psychic (identified by police only
as H) in Serpong, Tangerang.

This man had been the victim's spiritual guide for quite a
long time," Juli said.

But, he said, none of Supriyono's relatives knew his mission
to the Kepulauan Seribu, a popular week-end destination for
wealthy Jakartans.

During preliminary questioning, the psychic told police that
he was with Supriyono on that day and, using the victim's
Daihatsu Feroza, they drove around the Kuningan area in South
Jakarta.

"The victim later dropped the psychic at Grogol area (in West
Jakarta) in the evening after which H returned home in a taxi,"
Juli quoted H as saying.

While waiting for the final forensic report to determine the
time and cause of Supriyono's death, officers are searching for
his vehicle. (06)