Police hope Taiwanese murder suspect will arrive soon
Police hope Taiwanese murder suspect will arrive soon
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Police hope Taiwanese murder suspect will arrive soon
JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta police are awaiting the return of a Taiwanese man believed to have bludgeoned his girlfriend to death here in Jakarta.
"We have been informed that the suspect is scheduled to arrive here from Taiwan in the near future," deputy to head of the Crime Investigation Unit at the North Jakarta police precinct, First Lt. R. Rasyidi, told reporters here Wednesday.
Rasyidi, who is close to the investigation, said that the suspect, identified only as YCS, 45, would come on his own accord.
"We didn't arrange his coming. We only got the information from somebody close to him," he said but refused to identify the third party.
Late last week, the local police announced that they were seeking assistance from the Indonesian National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol to arrest the suspect. The suspect is believed to have fled Indonesia after killing Ivone, 35, an owner of a shoe production company.
Ivone, a divorcee with one child, is believed to have been beaten to death by YCS on April 28 while they were inside her car. They were reportedly on their way home from playing golf at the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) complex.
The woman sustained severe wounds to her head and neck. After the incident, Ivone was shocked and unable to speak.
After being treated at the intensive care unit, Ivone died from her wounds on May 3.
Police said that YCS disappeared on the day when he first brought his girlfriend to the hospital.
At that time, he reportedly called the victim's mother and told her that Ivone had been seriously wounded after falling from her car.
Illegal immigrant
According to police sources, YCS is an illegal immigrant,
Police strongly believe YCS could have one of two motives for killing his girlfriend.
First, YCS had reportedly warned Ivone several times to end the affair she was believed to be having with another man. Police speculate that she might have ignored his warning.
Second, maybe YCS and Ivone might have had a scuffle over the size of his share in the victim's company, which produces shoes under the owner's name.
Police said YCS had invested money in her company after failing to open up his own.
"We're just waiting for the suspect to hear his own alibi," Rasyidi said. (bsr)