Businessman shoots buddy over PC game

Businessman shoots buddy over PC game

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Authorities have one more reason to ban civilian gun ownership.

Businessman David Chendy, 25, shot his friend Budi Irawan, 26,
in the leg after he continuously teased the former on Thursday
evening.

David and Budi were competing in a computer game at an
Internet outlet in Penjaringan, North Jakarta.

Budi, who kept on winning game after game, reportedly teased
David repeatedly.

David managed to keep his cool until they finished playing,
but when Budi taunted David again in the parking lot after the
game, the young businessman pulled out his gun and shot Budi in
the leg.

"I couldn't control myself after he (Budi) kept on teasing me
during our game. I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden
I saw Budi falling to the ground with blood on his leg," David
told police officers during questioning.

David was interrogated by police at Penjaringan Police Station
while Budi was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Police confiscated a .9 caliber Falcon gun and five bullets
from David.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said that the gun
was licensed and David had a permit to use it.

"Although he has a license, we will still interrogate him as
he has injured someone. We will review his license," Tjiptono
told The Jakarta Post.

David will be charged under Article 351 of the Criminal Code,
which carries a maximum punishment of five years imprisonment.

Observers and activists have urged police to tighten, or even
stop licensing guns for civilians following the fatal shooting of
waiter Yohannes Berchmans "Rudy" Haerudy Natong by businessman
Adiguna Sutowo at the Hilton hotel's Fluid Club Bar on Jan. 1.

The police have issued gun licenses to 16,000 civilians across
the country.