Missing `ojek' driver murdered

Missing `ojek' driver murdered

A team from the Criminology Laboratory of the University of
Indonesia unearthed the body of an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver
in a gruesome end to an investigation into the man's whereabouts.

The Pamulang police in South Jakarta have arrested two people
believed to have killed the driver, identified as Nasa, 35, on
Aug. 21, in order to rob him of his motorcycle.

The grave containing Nasa's body in Pondok Cabe Udik village
was exhumed at the behest of the South Jakarta police.

The two suspects, who have confessed to the killing, are now
in the custody of the South Jakarta police together with the man
who bought the stolen bike.

They were arrested late last week as part of an intensive
investigation into complaints by Nasa's neighbors that he had
gone missing. The suspected murderers were from the same
neighborhood.

A cable, a knife and an iron bar, believed to have been used
to kill the driver, have been confiscated as material evidence.
(bsr)