Capt. Siagian's body buried

JAKARTA (JP): The body of Capt. R.E. Siagian, one of three soldiers killed during rioting on Tuesday, was buried with military honors at Tanah Tinggi Christian cemetery in Tangerang yesterday.

Siagian, Commander of Cengkareng Military District, West Jakarta, was killed while supervising the containment of a mob which were looting and burning shops in Cengkareng on Tuesday night.

"He received a severe head injury," one of his relatives told The Jakarta Post.

Dozens of shops, including a Ramayana department store, were burned to the ground in a two day orgy of destruction which focused mostly on properties belonging to Chinese Indonesians in the area.

Siagan was born in the North Sumatra town of Pematang Siantar on Jan. 3, 1948. He is survived by a wife and six children. (pan)