Manager of poultry company killed

TANGERANG (JP): A deputy manager at PT Sumber Rejeki, a poultry firm, was robbed and killed Monday night by a group of unidentified men who got away with goods worth Rp 30 million (US$12,903) in Parigi Lama village, Pondok Aren district, Tangerang.

An officer at the Pondok Aren police sub-precinct said I Wayan Suyatna was found dead in his office with severe injuries to his head. He added that the man was killed by a group of men who made off with a tape recorder, a television set, a cellular phone and a jeep.

"We presume that there were more than three men, but we are still investigating," the officer said yesterday.

A company security guard said that Wayan, 36, was supposed to meet between 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. with a known hoodlum named Herry alias Jagger.

The security guard opened the gate of the building to let a Suzuki Katana jeep owned by Wayan pass through at 00:30 a.m. He thought the jeep was being driven by Wayan.

Later at around 2 a.m. other employees from the company went to Wayan's office and were shocked to find Wayan lying on the floor in his office bleeding.

The police said that Wayan probably fought with the robbers, who then tied him up with a piece of rope and hit him in the head several times with a blunt object.

It is believed that the men entered the company compound by scaling the metal fence.

Bambang S., a forensics officer at Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital, confirmed that Wayan was beaten to death by a blunt object.

Wayan's brother, I Nyoman Ardiansyah, said that Wayan used to stay in his office until late at night.

Nyoman said his brother, who was planning to marry his girlfriend this year, will be buried in his home village of Rajasa village, in Tabanan regency, Bali. (18/04)