Healer nabbed for alleged murder

Healer nabbed for alleged murder

TANGERANG: The police detained an alternative healer along
with his neighbor on Friday for allegedly killing a patient while
performing medicinal treatment.

On Thursday evening, the healer, Hamzah, 57, resident of
Cimanggis in Depok, West Java, called up Ricki, the son of 59-
year-old Pipi Hapipah, and told him that his mother had fainted
at his house since morning.

Ricki asked them to bring his mother to their house in
Karawaci, Tangerang. Hamzah and his neighbor, Agus, appeared one
hour later with his mother's stiff body.

They brought the body to Al-Qadr hospital and the doctor in
charge confirmed that Pipi had been dead for hours. The doctors
found her ribs and legs were broken, while the body was covered
with bruises.

"My mother was fine when she left home this morning in a taxi
to the healer," Ricki said.

Hamzah said he did not beat the woman to death, telling the
police that the death was just an accident. -- JP