Man nabbed in Cirebon for killing loan shark

Man nabbed in Cirebon for killing loan shark

JAKARTA (JP): An unemployed man has been arrested in Cirebon, West Java, for allegedly killing a woman in Jakarta, police said yesterday.

Lt. Col. Gories Mere, Chief of East Jakarta Police Precinct, said the suspect, Donalcius Sitompul, was picked up from his hideout in Kuningan district, Cirebon on Thursday.

Sitompul is accused of killing Sanikem, a resident of Kramat Tunggak red light district on Tuesday over a debt dispute.

Gories said Sitompul had lent about Rp 20 million to the 38- year-old victim, who refused to return the money. Sitompul is from a well-off family.

The woman was picked up by the suspect's wife and taken to their house in Utan Kayu, Matraman, East Jakarta to discuss the debt.

Sitompul said the woman refused to pay back the money and instead cursed him.

The suspect became angry and reportedly tried to strangled the victim. He then cut her throat and stabbed her in the stomach several times, Gories quoted the suspect as saying.

The victim's niece, identified as Sukenah, reported to police on Wednesday that her aunt had not returned home since she leaving with Sitompul's wife, Lenny Lisnawaty, on Tuesday morning.

After receiving the report, police started to search for the victim at Sitompul's house. They found Sanikem tied up and wrapped in a sheet, with stab wounds to the neck and body.

Gories said police had to shoot the victim in the leg when he resisted arrest.

The police also arrested Lenny, who could be charged with conspiracy to murder. Lenny is still being questioned at the East Jakarta Police Precinct.

Police also seized evidence including a knife, a clasp knife, a length of rope and a sheet stained with blood. (05)