Foul play in man's suicide

Foul play in man's suicide

JAKARTA (JP): A former public minivan driver was found dead at
his home on Tuesday, hanging from a rope attached to a door vent.

Achmad Sofyan, 51, was found by his younger brother M.
Hafizullah at the house on Jl. Olah Raga, in the Cililitan
district, East Jakarta.

A preliminary police report pointed to suicide as the cause of
death but an official at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital,
who conducted the autopsy, said yesterday that the victim had
been murdered.

A forensic doctor, Zulharmas Syamsu, said: "The scars on the
neck were flat. This means that he didn't commit suicide."

Achmad was dead when someone suspended him from the rope, he
said.

The autopsy report said that Achmad's tongue had been severed
and there were indications of very strong force being applied
from behind.

Internal bleeding and suffocation were cited as the cause of
death, which occurred about four hours before he was found.

The finding has prevented relatives from claiming the body
because the hospital needs to conduct further examinations. (04)