Man allegedly arranges his grandson's murder
Man allegedly arranges his grandson's murder
JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police have arrested an elderly man, along with six others, for allegedly plotting the killing of his grandson following a dispute over a family legacy.
Jakarta Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said that Bacing, in his 70s, allegedly hired the six other suspects to kill Andre Syamsu on Dec. 9 last year.
Syamsu, in his 20s, was fatally bashed on the head with an iron bar by one of the suspects, who positioned the body and the victim's motorcycle on a road in Sawangan, Bogor, about 40 kilometers south of Jakarta.
"The suspects thought that the position of the body and his motorbike would lead the police and passersby to believe he was involved in a traffic accident," Iman said.
Syamsu's body was found the next day and was identified after the Sawangan Police went to Syamsu's house, after obtaining his address from his motorcycle registration papers.
"After intense investigation sessions, the seven suspects were arrested on Thursday at their respective houses, which are close to the victim's home," said officer Iman.
The case became clear only after Syamsu's mother allegedly found papers on the murder conspiracy at the house of one of the suspects, who is also a close relative of the victim. The papers implicate Syamsu's grandfather as the main conspirer.
Besides Bacing, the police also arrested Tarmidzi, Basri Sembiring, Bahagia Sembiring, Karim, Arifin and Nunung, who is also a close relative of the victim.
Iman said Bacing had allegedly hired the suspects and paid each man Rp 10 million in cash to kill the victim, who always refused to sell a house which is a family legacy.
Preliminary police investigation found that Nunung came to Syamsu's house on Dec. 8, 1995 and invited him along to see Nunung's brother who was being treated at the Ciputat hospital.
While the other suspects hired a taxi to take them to Sawangan, Syamsu and Nunung were riding the motorcycle to the same area.
On the road the taxi blocked the motorcycle's path, forcing Syamsu and Nunung to stop. In a matter of seconds, one of the suspects bashed the victim on the head with an iron bar, leaving the body and the motorcycle on the street.
Syamsu's mother went to Nunung's house the day after looking for her son.
Nunung said Syamsu had gone to Cinanta to visit his girlfriend, Iman said.
"His mother only learned the truth after several Sawangan police officers came to her house to inform her about the finding of an unidentified corpse and a motorcycle," Iman said. (bsr)