'Ojek' driver killed near cemetery

JAKARTA: Just 22 days after starting work as an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver in South Jakarta, Mulyadi Milad, 30, was murdered, execution style, for the motorcycle he was renting to provide an income for his wife and two children.

Mulyadi's body was discovered near a cemetery on Jl. Sawah Lama, Pondok Sawah Indah in Ciputat, early Saturday. He had been shot in the back of the head at close range.

Ciputat Police deputy chief First. Insp. Jamaludin suspected robbery was the motive as the motorcycle had not been found. "The robber must have pretended to be a passenger."

The victim's older brother, Sukatno, said Mulyadi, from Serua Indah, Kedaung, also in Ciputat, had rented the motorcycle from his neighbor for Rp 17,000 (US$2) a day. --JP.