Japanese found dead in hotel

Japanese found dead in hotel

JAKARTA (JP): Police are still investigating the case of a
Japanese man who was found dead in a room at Hotel Indonesia on
Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central Jakarta, on Saturday.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said on
Sunday that the police were not sure whether Wasao Fukumoto was
murdered or not.

Fukumoto, a jewelry trader, was reportedly found dead with
severe stab wounds to his stomach and chest by a room boy of the
hotel.

The hotel employee opened the room, as the victim, who had
stayed in the hotel for a week, had not left the room since
Friday.

"We are still investigating the cause of death of the
Japanese. We have not concluded whether he was murdered or he
died due to illness since he was already old, 73 years of age,"
Anton told The Jakarta Post.

Police sources rejected the possibility that Fukumoto was
robbed since no belongings of the victim were missing when the
body was found.

Three hotel employees have been questioned related to the
case. Police will also question Fukumoto's local business
partners here.

Fukumoto's body was still at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital's morgue on Sunday.

Morgue' employee, Suminto, said, according to the morgue's
records, Fukumoto died due to stab wounds.

"We are still waiting for the victim's relatives to take the
body," Suminto said on Sunday. (jun)