Capt. Siagian's body buried

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)