Police search for clues to solve murder

Police search for clues to solve murder

Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Police officers have broken into the office of Trimedya
Panjaitan, a member of the House of Representatives from the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), to search for
evidence that could assist them solve the murder of his
secretary.

Headed by Tanah Abang police subprecinct chief Comr.
Subandriya, the three officers on Friday examined various
documents and letters in the room of Nung Yuningsih, 35, alias
Nungky, who was murdered on Monday in her rented apartment in a
Bendungan Hilir in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.

Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani said that police
needed to search the office to find clues on who had murdered
Nungky.

"We need to find records of the last telephone calls she made,
either from her room telephone or cellular phone. We also hope
that we can find letters or notes that could lead us to suspects
and reveal the motive behind her death," he said.

Nungky was found dead by her friends at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

An autopsy conducted at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital found
that she had been beaten and strangled to death by several people
at some time on Monday.

The director of the hospital's forensic laboratory, Abdul
Mun'im Idris, said that the victim had been given drugs and was
raped before being murdered.

"Until we arrest the murderer, we can't be sure of motives.
However, we have ruled out robbery as a possible motive as we
found no belongings missing," Firman said.

He said that police were still investigating "whether it was
political, or just a sexual assault that led to the seemingly
premeditated murder".

Firman said that police would question Trimedya soon after
they finished questioning other witnesses.

Trimedya, who immediately confirmed that the victim was his
secretary right after she was found dead, said that he had no
contact with her since Monday.

Meanwhile, Subandriya said that his officers had questioned
nine witnesses, including Nungky's boyfriend Taufik, Danu
Diningrat, the owner of the apartment, and Nungky's friend Dian.

He said that police had interrogated Taufik but later released
him because he was in Cirebon when the incident took place.

"Taufik has a strong alibi so we can't press charges against
him. At this moment, we have not declared anybody a suspect as we
are still expanding our investigation," he said.