Member tortured at golf course

Member tortured at golf course

From Kompas

As a member of the Pantai Indah Kapuk Golf Club (Golf PIK), North Jakarta, I deeply deplore the incident in which a guest (not a club member) brutalized a club member. The victim suffered serious injuries and was taken to the nearest hospital for medical treatment.

My colleague and I were playing at Golf PIK, where the incident took place on Saturday, Oct. 22, 1994, at about 3.30 pm. I was told the perpetrator was arrogant enough to refer to himself as a high ranking official. At the time, the perpetrator was accompanying a young entrepreneur who also joined in brutalizing the victim by hitting him with a golf stick and stepping on him.

It all began when the young entrepreneur violated a rule of the game twice. When the member of the club politely reminded him of the mistakes, the young man and his friend were angry and rudely shouted at him. Then a fist fight ensued. The poor club member, overwhelmed by his opponents, was so seriously injured that stitches had to be administered.

Another high ranking official (a minister) was at the club and asked the young executive not to take the law into his own hands.

I wondered why no security guards were present at the site. I suggest Golf PIK be more careful selecting members to the club to avoid a recurrence of this disgusting incident.

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