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)