Police seek extradition of Taiwanese suspect
Police seek extradition of Taiwanese suspect
JAKARTA (JP): A Taiwanese man who is the prime suspect in the murder of a businesswoman here last month has been arrested by the Taiwanese authorities.
"At the moment, we're still negotiating with the Taiwanese authorities through the chambers of commerce and industry of the two countries here in an effort to extradite the suspect," City Police spokesman Lt. Col. A. Latief Rabar told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
According to Latief, the extradition of the fugitive identified only as YYS, 45, will not be easy because Jakarta does not have diplomatic ties with Taipei.
"However we hope the negotiations currently in progress and the support of Interpol bureau offices might speed up the extradition of YYS to Jakarta so that we can further investigate the death of Ivone," he said.
Ivone, divorced with one child, is believed to have been severely bludgeoned by YYS, who was her boyfriend, on April 28 in her car on the way home after playing golf at the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) complex in North Jakarta.
The woman sustained severe wounds to her head and neck, and was shocked and unable to speak after the incident, Latief said.
After being treated in the intensive care unit for six days, Ivone died on May 3 at the Graha Medika hospital in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta.
Police said YCS disappeared after bringing Ivone to the hospital. At the time he reportedly called the victim's mother and told her that Ivone had been seriously injured after falling from her car
Complain
On Monday, a relative of the victim, Mrs. Ardy Wirasaputra, went to the House or Representatives to complain of slow investigation of the case by the Penjaringan subprecinct police.
"We really hope the House could ask the National Police Chief to speed up the investigation of the case, which has been going on for almost two months," she told House member Royani Haminullah, a deputy chairman from the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction.
According to Mrs. Ardy, the case was reported to the Penjaringan police only after Ivone's death, six days subsequent to the attack.
She said there has been no significant progress made by the police thus far, enabling the prime suspect and two other suspects to leave Jakarta for their hometown in Taiwan.
Latief identified the other two suspects as Alex and Wo.
He said during preliminary questioning the two admitted that they only received a car, strongly believed to be the one in which the prime suspect allegedly had beaten Ivone, from YYS.
The two are also expected to come to police headquarters to explain about their position regarding the case, Latief said.
Passports
"During questioning, the police took their passports to prevent them from leaving the country while they are still under investigation," he said.
In a meeting with the House member, Mrs. Ardy, however, said that the police had returned the passports to the two foreigners after questioning without a proper explanation.
The victim's brother, Rustandi, who reported the case to the police, said that when he and his mother arrived at the hospital after being called, YYS looked pale and weary and quickly went out saying that he was intending to call Ivone's other relatives.
Police believe that he left the country immediately.
Based on explanations given by Alex and Wo, the police concluded that YYS had two motives for attacking Ivonne.
First, Latief said, Ivone might have ignored YYS's repeated demands she stop a love affair with another man.
Second, he added, the two might have had a disagreement about the stake YYS had in the victim's firm, which produces shoes.(bsr)