Drunk policeman shoots watchman

Drunk policeman shoots watchman

JAKARTA (JP): A police officer shot to death a security guard
in a discotheque in North Jakarta early yesterday morning.
Reportedly, both men were heavily intoxicated at the time.

The officer, identified as Sgt. Popang, was a member of the
West Jakarta police precinct and was arrested by the military
police, according to Lt. Col. Latief Rabar, a spokesman for City
Police.

Latief said the sergeant was in police custody and undergoing
intensive examination.

It was reported that the sergeant had gone on a drinking spree
with the security guard Ali Nurdin alias Cholik, 34, at 1 a.m. at
the "Top Hit" discotheque, located on the third story of the
three-story Robinson store building in Penjaringan, West Jakarta.

Cholik, who lived on Jl. Jembatan Gambang, Penjaringan, was a
security guard of the department store.

Eyewitnesses say that the sergeant and the guard, both out of
uniform, went out for some air sometime in the course of their
drinking.

As the sergeant was lying on a bench on the front yard, Cholik
joked with him, patting him on his cheek.

Cholik kept on joking despite strong protests from the
infuriated sergeant, who at last threatened to shoot him if he
continued.

The two men then entered into an altercation, but people at
the bar calmed them down and told Cholik to leave.

Cholik left but returned a few minutes later.

The sergeant, still infuriated, drew his revolver and shot
Cholik once in the head as he approached him.

Cholik died on the way to the nearby hospital while an angry
crowd, who were believed to be Cholik's friends, beat up the
sergeant soon after the incident.

After the beating, the military police were informed of the
incident. They arrived on the scene soon afterward and arrested
the sergeant, confiscating his firearm. (jsk)