Man found dead in a Bekasi ditch

JAKARTA (JP): A man was found dead in a ditch yesterday at the Prima Harapan housing complex, North Bekasi, a police officer said.

A housemaid disposing of garbage noticed the body, Chief Sgt. Suhardiman said.

The identity of the victim was not known but the body had been sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue.

He said the man, aged in his 30s, may have been murdered judging from the severe wounds he suffered.

"He had severe head injuries from a blunt object." (04)