Man murdered after job search

Man murdered after job search

JAKARTA: A man who had been promised a job as a sailor after
paying millions of rupiah was beaten to death by a group of thugs
after he complained because the promise of work was unfulfilled.

Baso Sofyan Mursalim, 32, died on Thursday due to the severe
wounds and his body was sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital morgue.

Sofyan, along with his two other friends, paid a total of Rp
8.5 million in March to Fauzan, who promised to give them a job
as a sailor.

On Tuesday, Fauzan told them that the job was not available
and returned Rp 1 million to each of them, according to Taslim,
one of the three victims.

As they complained about it, they were attacked by more than
10 men who worked for Fauzan. Taslim escaped and reported the
case to the police.

Taslim said the police took Sofyan, who was severely wounded,
to Koja hospital in North Jakarta, but he complained that the
police were reluctant to investigate the case. --JP