Murdered official a loan shark

Murdered official a loan shark

SERANG, West Java: Dulati, an official at the local administration whose body was found badly mutilated on Monday, was a loan shark who often intimated clients, Antara reported.

The agency quoted local police chief Lt. Col. Ujang Mulyana as saying that 38-year old Dulati had been building a three-story house with 18 rooms in Cipocok Jaya area.

Dulati, a graduate of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, was said to have often confiscated the belongings of clients who were late in paying back their debts to him.

His wife, Siti Uni Sulaesiyah, said Dulati left home on Sunday evening along with two men who had come to visit him earlier. His body was found in a ditch, with a knife stuck in the left side of his chest. (swe)