Fingerprints not found on Adiguna's gun

Fingerprints not found on Adiguna's gun

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The police laboratory did not find the fingerprints of Adiguna
Sutowo on the gun allegedly used in the murder of Yohannes "Rudy"
Berchmans Haerudy Natong at the Hilton Hotel in Central Jakarta
on Jan. 1.

A credible source at National Police Headquarters told The
Jakarta Post on Tuesday the police's forensic laboratory was
unable to find Adiguna's fingerprints on the gun.

"Probably, his fingerprints were wiped off after the incident.
It should be remembered that we received the gun almost a week
after the incident. Many people have held the gun," the source
told the Post.

"We anticipated this result and we will proceed with the
charges as we have at least five witnesses so far that saw
Adiguna pull the trigger," the source said.

Police received the .22 caliber gun from a man identified as
Wwn on Jan. 7.

The gun is a silver and black revolver manufactured in the
U.S. by Smith and Wesson. Three bullets, similar to bullets found
earlier in Adiguna's room, were still inside the chambers.

Ballistic tests confirmed that the bullet that killed Rudy was
fired from the gun.

Wwn reportedly told police he saw Adiguna shoot Rudy at 3:30
a.m. inside the Hilton's Fluid Club.

Police have refused to identify Wwn, saying they would protect
him until the trial.

Several people close to Adiguna have said that Wwn is
Adiguna's bodyguard, while other sources said Wwn just happened
to witness the shooting.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said
police were questioning Novia "Tinul" Herdiana, a female
companion of Adiguna's who has been accused of giving the police
false information.

"She has admitted that she was there when the shooting took
place after we showed her a receipt proving that she paid at 4:07
a.m. while the incident occurred at 3:30," said Tjiptono.

Tinul, who works at the five-star Mulia Hotel in Jakarta,
originally told the police she had left the club at 3 a.m.

Police said they would charge Tinul under Article 242 of the
Criminal Code, which states that an individual who gives false
information to the police can be punished with up to seven years
in prison.