Man arrested for killing daughter

JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested a man for beating his 13- year-old daughter to death because she tried to wake him up.

The man, Jumadi, a bajaj (three-wheeled taxi) driver aged in his 40s, from South Jakarta, was arrested at the Sarinah shopping center on Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central Jakarta on Wednesday.

South Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Sisno Adiwinoto said Jumadi had been on the run since March 4 when the murder took place.

"The suspect phoned his wife Masenah on Tuesday and promised to meet her in the shopping center," Sisno said.

After receiving a report from Masenah, dozens of police officers were deployed in the shopping center and surrounded the suspect, he said.

Sisno said Jumadi had appeared angry when his daughter Era Maesari woke him up, saying: "Wake up, father, work, work."

Jumadi hit his daughter on the head with a monkey wrench and put her body in a bathroom tub, Sisno said. (jun)