Five people nabbed over maid's death

Five people nabbed over maid's death

JAKARTA (JP): Four security guards and a director of a Goro
wholesale store were arrested yesterday over the death of the
director's maid at the Rajawali Condominium on Jl. Rajawali
Selatan.

A police source said that Ar, a director of the Kelapa Gading
Goro store, North Jakarta, was questioned after police found his
maid, Taisiah, 51, dead. She was strangled with a shower hose in
the bathtub of a vacant apartment.

Police suspect that Ar killed his maid, and the four security
guards are implicated.

Ron allegedly locked Taisiah and her daughter-in-law, Sri, in
his apartment for three days because he thought they had stolen
jewelry and a coat. Ar had asked the guards to take care of them,
the source said.

He said that Taisiah and Sri had been locked up in an
apartment on the 26th floor. Ar rented the apartment for his
second wife.

The two women had been moved to a warehouse on the first floor
the following day and then moved to an empty apartment on the
second floor Thursday where Taisiah had been found dead
yesterday, he said.

Sawah Besar Police Chief Maj. M. Iriawan said the guards had
let Sri buy food yesterday morning. After buying food, she was
escorted back to the apartment by the guards. Sri and the guards
found Taisiah dead in the bathtub.

Police, with a tracker dog, arrived at the apartment minutes
after the security guards had reported the murder.

The dog had traced a scent to the security guards' office and
barked at the guards, he said.

"Two other security guards, Harun and Ari were also arrested
for their possible knowledge about the detainment of the women,
while Ar was picked up from his first wife's residence in South
Jakarta yesterday." the source said. (jun)