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