Driver killed in S. Jakarta

Driver killed in S. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): An angry debtor stabbed to death a man he owed
money on Jl. Cidodol, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, last week,
for pressing him about the money.

The Kebayoran Lama Police Subprecinct said Her owed the
victim, Mardiono, Rp 80,000 (US$34.33).

A police sergeant said Mardiono and his wife, Susi, visited
Her Friday night to ask for the money.

"They were involved in a heated quarrel which ended with Her
stabbing the victim in the stomach," the officer said, adding
that an unidentified friend of Her helped.

Susi screamed upon seeing her husband dying, while Her and his
friend escaped.

Local residents helped Susi rush Mardiono to the Pelni
Hospital, but the 35-year-old man died on the way.

Mardiono worked as a driver at the Shangri-La Hotel and lived
on Jl. Duri Kepa, Tanjung Duren district, West Jakarta.

Susi told police she visited Her Friday morning and asked him
to return the money. "He refused to pay and harassed me instead."

"I then ask my husband to accompany me to Her's house," she
said at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue.

Susi was Mardiono's second wife. His first Wife, Ati, gave him
a child. Ati, 29, and Susi, 21, went to the morgue to see
Mardiono's body on Saturday. (jun)