Police officer found dead in hotel

Police officer found dead in hotel

JAKARTA: A West Java senior police officer was found dead on
Thursday in Hotel Melawai II in South Jakarta, where he had
stayed with an unidentified young woman.

Sr. Comr. Harta Wijaya, who was the planning assistant to the
West Java police chief, was found dead in room No. 500 at the
hotel.

The death was reported by the unidentified woman to the
receptionist at the hotel.

National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saleh Saaf said that
Harta died of a heart attack, and denied that Harta was with the
young woman. Saleh failed to provide details of his statement.

Harta was in Jakarta to attend a two-day seminar organized by
the Institute of State Administration.--JP