N. Jakarta brothers punished for murder

N. Jakarta brothers punished for murder

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta District Court yesterday sentenced
two brothers to nine and 10 years imprisonment respectively for
killing a man.

Judge Soaloon Siregar said in his verdict that Erwansyah,
alias Iwan bin Acip, 23, was found guilty of gashing Irwansyah's
head with a machete, while his brother, Hermansyah, alias Ateng
bin Acip, 24, was found guilty of stabbing the victim in the
chest with a knife.

"The two suspects have violated Article 170 of the Criminal
Code," Siregar said. "For that reason the court decided to
sentence Erwansyah to nine years in jail and Hermansyah to 10
years in prison."

The judge disclosed that Hermansyah received harsher
punishment than his brother because the post mortem reports said
the stab wound to the heart caused the victim's death.

Responding to the court ruling, the two defendants and the
prosecutor said that they accepted the verdict.

Prosecutor Chandra Chazzan demanded last month that the judge
sentence the two defendants to 12 years imprisonment each.

Chandra explained that on Aug. 2, last year, the defendants
did violence to Irwansyah at Muara Karang, North Jakarta.

The incident started when Erwansyah was quarreling with
Irwansyah at a food stall at one half hour after midnight.
Erwansyah gashed the victim's head with a machete.

Then Hermansyah came to help his brother and stabbed the
victim to death. Another suspect named Edi Gembel, who hit the
victim, is still at large.

In a related development, three witnesses testified yesterday
at the North Jakarta District Court over the murder of Nyo Beng
Seng, who was killed at his house on April, last year.

Herlambang Sabri, one of the witnesses, said that he saw a man
of the Chinese origin gave a pack of money to the defendant,
Agiono. But he did not know about its amount.

Prosecutor James Pardede accused Agiono of accepting money
worth Rp 750,000 ($300) to kill Nyo Beng Seng, owner of PT Irama
Tara recording company.

The two other witnesses said that they bought a blue Toyota
Charmant believed to have been used by the defendant to go to the
victim's house at Pluit Kencana, North Jakarta. (29)