Families of killed strikers want justice

Families of killed strikers want justice

JAKARTA (JP): The families of two striking workers murdered in
a recent attack, demanded on Wednesday that National Police
detectives immediately arrest the masterminds of the incident,
one of whom is allegedly an Army officer.

The attack on striking workers of car upholstery producer PT
Kadera AR Indonesia (KAI), occurred at Pulogadung industrial
estate in East Jakarta, on March 29.

A worker, Kimun Effendi, died hours after the raid, while his
colleague Rachmat died on Sunday after receiving medical
treatment at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.

"Police officers must not hesitate to arrest masterminds of
the attack... even if one of them is an Army officer," Zaenuddin
Paru, a lawyer of the victims' families, told reporters at
National Police Headquarters.

Former Jakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Harry
Montolalu had said that one of six suspects arrested in the case
had admitted to police detectives that he orchestrated the attack
after he received Rp 27 million from another individual,
"suspected to be an Army officer" who currently remains at large.

The suspect who made the confession, Sugiono, told police that
the money was given to him by a man called Kino, to use force to
break up the striking workers.

On Wednesday, City Police detective chief for general crimes
Comr. Tito Karnavian said that "Chief Corporal Kino" was expected
to arrive for questioning as a witness in the case.

"Since he is a military man, we can only take his statements
as a witness, and hand over the dossiers to the Military Police,
to be further processed," Tito told reporters.

"We searched his home in Greater Jakarta, but he wasn't there.
He was supposed to arrive here today for questioning, but has
failed to show up." (ylt)