Crowd kills man for motorcycle

Crowd kills man for motorcycle

BOGOR (JP): Angry villagers fatally beat a man in West Cilebut
village, Sukaraja subdistrict, Bogor, on Thursday evening after
he failed to deliver a motorcycle.

Witness Nanih Arsawi said the dispute began last Friday when
Rebby Aditya, 24, agreed to sell a motorcycle to Tabroni alias
Untung.

"The transaction was done in Pondok Terong village of Bojong
Gede. Tabroni even gave Rp 1 million (US$ 125) as the down
payment," Nanih told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

"Until Wednesday, however, Rebby failed to deliver the
promised motorcycle to Untung."

Nanih said Tabroni and Engkos spotted Rebby on Thursday at
about 10 a.m. near Kencana village. They followed him until
Bojong Jengkol hamlet in West Cilebut.

"They were then involved in a heated quarrel as Tabroni
accused Rebby of cheating him. I asked them to settle the dispute
at the house of a nearby neighborhood unit chief, Uci Sanusi," he
said.

"At Uci's house, Rebby said both Tabroni and Engkos had abused
him. Uci said he would take them to the village office."

Rebby tried to flee on the way to the office, Nanih said.

Villagers took his action to be proof of his guilt. They
caught him and beat him.

Rebby was badly injured when officers from the Kedung Halang
Police subprecinct arrived at the scene. He died several hours
later at the Bogor PMI hospital. (21/nvn)