Officer shot in heated argument

Officer shot in heated argument

JAKARTA (JP): A city traffic police officer was shot to death
in the chest and stomach by a soldier in a heated argument on Jl.
Boulevard in Kelapa Gading subdistrict, North Jakarta, on Sunday
evening, a city police spokesman said.

Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said on Monday evening that the dead
police officer, identified as First Sgt. Fikri Zakaria, 25, was
shot three times before he died.

"Fikri was shot by a soldier, who is currently being
questioned at the National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom
TNI). That's all. I am not at liberty to say anything more,"
Zainuri said.

He also refused to say whether the soldier had surrendered
himself to the police, or was arrested.

A source at the North Jakarta Police identified the shooter as
an adjutant of Military Police chief Maj. Gen. Djasrie Marin.

"His name is Ketut Agung or something like that. He's
Balinese. Fikri apprehended Agung in one of the houses at the
Pulomas housing complex in East Jakarta on New Year's Eve, with
possession of shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine)," the source
said.

"Fikri tried blackmailing Agung, so that he would not be
turned in to the Military Police. Agung went up to Fikri in the
Seribu Satu Malam restaurant on Jl. Boulevard, on Sunday evening.
Both apparently were engaged in a verbal confrontation. Then,
Agung pulled Fikri out and shot him three times."

Zainuri added that while Fikri was being shot, two bystanders
in the area suffered injuries from ricocheting bullets.

"One was Widodo, who works as a parking attendant at night and
a newspaper seller during the day. Another was Arief, Widodo's
friend, who was wounded when a bullet pierced his scalp."

"I just don't understand why must guns be used in these
matters," said Zainuri. (ylt/01)