Murderer from Surakarta to be executed in Jakarta

Murderer from Surakarta to be executed in Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The execution of a convicted murderer on death row is imminent now that President Soeharto has rejected his appeal for clemency, the Antara news agency reported.

Kartacahyadi, alias Yongki, a 35-year-old man convicted in a triple murder case in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, has accepted the sentence. He added that he would like to be executed as quickly as possible and, an official in Surakarta reported, has even offered his organs to anyone in need.

"I ordered Surakarta's prosecutor to ask Kartacahyadi if he wanted to proceed with a special legal defense, but he said no," Central Java prosecutor chairperson Harry Mudjono told Antara.

The execution will be carried out in Jakarta in order for his family to bury him in the city.

Capital punishment is legal in Indonesia and two men have already been executed this year. The first was a Malaysian drug dealer executed in Jakarta and the second an Indonesian man, who killed his entire family in North Sulawesi in 1985.

Kartacahyadi was sentenced to death by the Surakarta District Court in 1990 for the brutal murder of three people in the house he was robbing in February of that year in Solo.

He was accompanied by 42-year-old Tugiman bin Sikin, who came to the house of Utomo Kasidi and killed Utomo's 40-year old brother Sasongko Suryo, the 11-year old son Danny and the 23-year old housemaid Lasiyem.

They then took some valuables from the house, including Utomo's car. The total loot was estimated to be worth about Rp 40 million ($18,000).

Kartacahyadi and his accomplice, Tugiman, who also received the death sentence, are currently being held in Jakarta's Cipinang jail. (29)