'Murder suspect still free'

'Murder suspect still free'

JAKARTA (JP): A Councilor asked yesterday why the main suspect
in the murder of a businessman in North Jakarta three years ago
had not been tried.

Sugiat Achmad of Commission A for Legal Affairs said Eng San
was the main suspect in the murder of Nyo Beng Seng and should be
tried soon.

"If Eng San is not prosecuted it will damage the reputation of
law enforcers. Why has a three-year-old case yet to be settled?"
he asked.

Nyo Beng Seng, alias Suyadi Dharmansyah, owner of Irama Tara
recording company, was stabbed to death in his second wife's
mansion in Pluit, North Jakarta, in April 1994.

Three men were jailed over the murder. Agiono and Atok have
been serving 20 year and 15 year jail terms since last August.

Another accomplice, Tjen Piu, got nine years for escorting
Agiono and Atok to the mansion. He was sentenced last October.

Sugiat said Eng San initiated the murder. Police assumed
business competition was his motive. Beng Seng owned several
Jakarta nightclubs. (sur)