Police claim enough evidence on Gunawan plot
Police claim enough evidence on Gunawan plot
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
City police chief detectives Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang revealed
on Tuesday that police had collected sufficient evidence to
charge businessman Gunawan Santosa for the murder of PT Aneka
Sakti Bakti (Asaba) president director Boedyharto Angsono on July
19.
"So we won't have to depend on Gunawan's statements to confirm
his involvement in the murder as we have gathered sufficient
evidence," Mathius told The Jakarta Post. He did not specify what
evidence the police had.
Gunawan, who was arrested last Friday in a rented room on Jl.
Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta, has been named a suspect for
allegedly masterminding the fatal shooting of his former father-
in-law, Boedyharto, and his bodyguard, an active member of the
Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), Second Sgt. Edy Siyep.
He has also been accused of shooting PT Asaba finance director
Paulus Tejakusuma on June 5. Paulus was critically wounded.
Four marines allegedly hired to kill Boedyharto reportedly
admitted to being paid for Rp 4 million to kill Boedyharto, but
police sources said that Gunawan had transferred Rp 200 million
to an account belong to one of the marines just two days after
the shooting.
Officer Mathius revealed that the police had finished quizzing
the four marines.
"We only need their statements to complete the dossier on
Gunawan Santosa concerning the latter's involvement in the
murder," he said.
Six police investigators were sent on Sunday to the Navy's
military police base in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, where the
marines are being detained, to quiz the four -- identified only
as Second Lt. SAS, Second Corp. SR, Second Corp. FH and First
Pvt. SS. All four are members of Marine Infantry Brigade 2, based
in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
The four have been detained since July 31.
Mathius refused to say whether police investigators would
confront Gunawan with the marines.
"That's up to the investigators," he said.
On Tuesday, the police grilled a witness named Marta, 39, an
employee of the Elise Salon in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, who
helped Gunawan find a plastic surgeon.
"He only came once to the Elise Salon. He asked me to reshape
his eyebrows. Then he asked me about a plastic surgeon, and I
recommended him to Dr. Affandi," said Marta.
He claimed that he was no longer in contact with Gunawan after
he sent Gunawan to the Tria Dipa Hospital in Pancoran for plastic
surgery.
He recalled that Gunawan went to his salon on Jan 20, only
five days after he had escaped from Kuningan Penitentiary, where
he was serving a two-year, six-month prison sentence for
embezzlement.