Main witness in toll road murder arrested

Main witness in toll road murder arrested

BOGOR (JP): A main witness in the Jagorawi toll road robbery
and murder case was arrested by police for involvement in car
thefts.

Businessman Idfiel Jaya Anwar, 36, was arrested Wednesday
after testifying at Bogor District Court in a case in which his
treasurer was killed Oct. 11 last year.

In December police had arrested him for being a mastermind
behind a murder and the robbery of Rp 312 million.

But in April he was released by the Prosecutor's Office when
another suspect, now a defendant, withdrew his statements of
Idfiel's involvement.

Yesterday a prosecutor at district court said Idfiel was
arrested for being a fence in at least two thefts; a Toyota Land
Cruiser and an Eterna sedan. Police had submitted dossiers on the
theft to the Prosecutor's Office in Cibinong, he said.

Police said the vehicles were stolen by Erling Doly Wijaya,
alias Mikel, a defendant in the Jagorawi toll road case, and were
bought by Idfiel.

Idfiel is now being detained at Paledang prison.

Mikel is one of five defendants in the case of the alleged
robbery and murder of Zaenuddin Lesmana. The victim, defendants
and Idfiel were all working together in land appropriation for a
state-owned housing project in Jonggol.

Meanwhile at yesterday's hearing of the toll road robbery and
murder, witnesses included an employee of toll road management PT
Jasa Marga.

Employee Ricky WP said that on Oct. 11, 1996, he was
patrolling with a colleague from Cibinong to Ciawi, along a lane
across from the site of the alleged crime.

"Near kilometer 30 of the toll road (from Jakarta) I saw a
blue sedan parked on the grass divide. I thought there was an
accident," Ricky said.

He said he then saw someone open the front door and the head
and torso of a man fall out of the front seat, while his legs
remained in the car.

Ricky said when he was about to cross the road, someone, later
identified as Budiarto, another defendant, pointed a gun at him.

"I ran and hid behind some trees," Ricky said.

The man pointing the gun was small and was wearing a light-
yellow hat. He had an Eastern Indonesia complexion, he said.

The man then fled in a Kijang van toward Jakarta, he said.

After two or three minutes the witness said he contacted
tollgate attendants to prevent the Kijang, with the police number
B 1415 N, from passing through toll exits.

He also contacted Jasa Marga ambulance and police. (24/anr)