'Family row behind killing'

'Family row behind killing'

JAKARTA (JP): Police are speculating that a family argument is behind the killing of Oos Rosidin in his home in Pondok Bambu, East Jakarta on Monday.

A reliable police source said yesterday that statements made by the housemaid state that on the night before the killing two people, believed to be her employer's relatives, spent the night in the house.

Oos, an employee of a private company, was found dead in his house on Monday morning, his head almost completely severed from his body.

The 60-year-old maid, Hasanah, might know more about the killing and the suspects because she was the only person in the house when the incident was believed to have taken place, the police source, who refused to be identified, said.

The housemaid was the first person to find the door of the house open and she immediately called security guards at Oos' office for help.

Police are now focusing their investigation on the maid.

"We're curious why she called the security guards just because she saw the door open," the source said. (bsr)