Cop killer dies of cancer

Cop killer dies of cancer

JAKARTA (JP): Teacher-turned murderer, Baskoni Wahab, 50, who just began his four-year jail term for killing a police officer, died in the Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta of lung cancer yesterday.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna told The Jakarta Post last night that Baskoni, a senior high school teacher, died at 3:00 p.m. yesterday.

"He apparently had been suffering from the disease for quite a long time," Iman said.

Baskoni collapsed after the judge completed reading the guilty verdict at his sentencing in December.

Baskoni was found guilty of killing Maj. Noenang Kohar, a senior narcotics division officer of the city police. The murder took place on Jl. Wismajaya in East Jakarta on Oct. 14, last year. (bsr)