Marine murderers apprehended

Marine murderers apprehended

City Police have arrested two of the five suspected robbers
believed to have killed a member of the Indonesian Navy's Marine
Corps late last month.

Detective Capt. Pujiwo from the Crime Investigation
Directorate told reporters yesterday the two suspects confessed
to unintentionally killing the 29-year-old corporal, a part-time
night guard at the warehouse of PT Sinar Mas Andhika at Jl. Agung
Karya IV Block D 8-10, Papanggo in North Jakarta.

"They said they were planning only to steal an Amano time
clock at the warehouse but were discovered by Corporal Isyanto
when they tried to unplug it," Pujiwo said.

Due to the imbalanced struggle during the early hours of Oct.
27, Isyanto suffered severe knife wounds to his face, back, hands
and neck. A civil guard found him dead later in the morning.

Based on preliminary questioning, the two suspects, identified
as M. Bakri, 19, and Hamid Asnawi, 27, sold the stolen time clock
for Rp 2 million (US$915) that afternoon to a broker -- also
being questioned, the detective said.

Their three other accomplices, identified as Syachroni,
Sabilan and Syaikun, are believed to be hiding somewhere in
Madura, East Java, explained Pujiwo. (bsr)