Police detainee found dead

Police detainee found dead

JAKARTA: A man identified as Paulus alias Asen was found dead
in the bathroom of the Jakarta police detention center on
Tuesday.

City police fraud squad unit Adj. Sr. Comr. Darma Pangrekun
said Asen, who had been detained for 20 days for his role in a Rp
30 million (US$3,250) forgery case, was found hanging from a
ceiling in the bathroom.

"We suspect that he was under stress because he had been
detained. We are still looking for his family as he has no
address in Jakarta," he said.

Darma said Asen's case file had earlier been submitted to the
prosecutor's office.

Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital would carry out an autopsy to
determine the cause of his death. --JP