Lynch mob murder Tangerang man

Lynch mob murder Tangerang man

JAKARTA (JP): A sand quarrying dispute allegedly led to the
lynching of a man, who was beaten to death by at least 12 people
at his house in Rancaserdang, Tangerang, Thursday night.

The man, identified as Udin Codet bin Hasin, 27, was the
father of a two-year-old child and an 11-month-old baby.

Udin was badly beaten and stabbed with a clurit (sickle) and a
crowbar. He suffered wounds to his head, chest and legs and his
right eyeball had been pulled out.

Kusnaidi, one of the victim's relatives, said Udin became a
target when he tried to earn some extra money by quarrying sand
at Rancaserdang River.

Hoodlums consider the river their territory and demand money
from any local resident who wants to quarry sand there, he
alleged, adding that Udin refused to pay because he had just
started working.

"They are fierce people and if they don't like us, they will
just beat us without any clear reason," Kusnaidi, who was also
working at the Rancaserdang River, said.

He said neighbors told him they saw three cars pull up in
front of Udin's house and, although they knew the occupant was
being attacked, they were too afraid to help.

Udin had been relaxing with his brother, Mat Halim, when a man
entered the house at 9:30 p.m. and grabbed Udin, Kusnaidi quoting
Halim as saying.

There were six people in the house at the time but they were
all frightened and left the house when they heard screams from
the living room, he said.

Halim suffered two deep lacerations to his shoulder during the
attack but refused to talk about the incident yesterday.

Halim managed to defend himself and flee the mob but Udin
failed to escape as more people attacked him.

Kusnaidi said Udin was dying when he was dragged out of the
house and into a car.

It was believed that the car stopped at the Legok Police
subprecinct to drop off the dead body, he said.

"We were in a panic because we didn't know where to find Udin.
Later police came and told us of Udin's whereabouts," he said,
adding that police had sent the body to the Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital's morgue for a postmortem examination.

"Police also told me that two of the suspects who dropped off
Udin's body surrendered themselves but their accomplices were
still at large."

"The suspects are Enik and Sya'in, both are hoodlums from
Rancaserdang," he alleged. (04)