Convicted killer Yongki doesn't fear execution
Convicted killer Yongki doesn't fear execution
JAKARTA (JP): Even though the date of his execution is believed to be just few days away, 35-year-old convicted murderer Kartacahyadi, alias Yongki, has shown no fear to face a group of armed personnel who will end his life.
"I'm fine and in good condition," Yongki told The Jakarta Post early this week.
The convicted murderer said he was ready to face capital punishment although he had no idea of the date of his execution.
On Monday, head of the City Prosecutors Office, Soeyoto, said Yongki's execution is all prepared.
The implementation "is only waiting for the decree from the Central Java Prosecutors Office," Soeyoto said.
"The execution will be carried out here," he said but refused to explain exactly where.
Executions remain closed to the public, despite criticism and demands that the authorities review the law and allow the public to view executions in order to deter other would-be criminals.
In most cases, a group of 10 mobile brigade police officers are assigned to carry out executions.
Of the 10 personnel, some of them unknowingly have unloaded rifles.
"So nobody knows who shoots the convicted person," a senior police general told the Post recently.
Yongki, a resident of Jakarta, was sentenced to death by the district court in Surakarta, Central Java, in 1990 for the brutal murder of three people during a house burglary.
The house Yongki robbed belonged to Utomo Kasidi, a distant relative of his. The three victims were Utomo's 11-year old son Danny, Utomo's 40-year-old brother Sasongko Suryo, and a 23-year old housemaid, Lasiyem.
The government has agreed to Yongki's request that he be executed in Jakarta.
Yongki's accomplice, Tugiman, also received the death sentence and is waiting for a reply from the president to his request for clemency.
The convicted men made off with valuables they found in the house, and Utomo's car. The total loot was estimated to have been worth about Rp 40 million (US$18,000). (bsr)