Fri, 26 Sep 1997

Man dead at train's lavatory

JAKARTA (JP): A 24-year-old man was found dead in the lavatory of a Senja Utama II train in an East Jakarta station yesterday morning.

The body was discovered by an employee of state railway company Perumka who was cleaning the train at the Pademangan railway station.

The victim, identified as Sugianto, a resident of Ngunut, Tulung Agung in East Java, was found hanging from the lavatory's window.

An officer of the Pademangan police subprecint said the train arrived at Pademangan at around 6 a.m. from Yogyakarta.

The body was taken to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, but doctors refused to examine it yesterday because the victim's family had not given approval. (04)