Police upbeat about Beng Seng murder
JAKARTA (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto said here yesterday that it is only a matter of time before he and his men capture the mastermind behind the killing of entertainment businessman Nyo Beng Seng.
"For us, the confession from two suspects arrested earlier is already enough and it is only a matter of time before we get the architect of the killing," Hindarto said.
However, the two-star general, who is also a former head of the City Crime Investigation Directorate, refused to reveal the identities and whereabouts of the suspects.
He decided to remain tight-lipped when asked whether the plotter was Hong Lie or A lay, the two names which have been frequently mentioned by many local papers in connection with the murder which took place seven months ago.
"The murderers carried out their task at the request of the plotter, that 's all," he said, without explaining the motives behind the killing.
Beng Seng, alias Darmansyah Suyadi, 57, was savagely stabbed to death 12 times in the middle of the night on April 15 this year by at least four masked men in front of his second wife's mansion on Jl. Pluit Kencana Raya 128 in North Jakarta.
Reconstruction
The two people arrested on Thursday evening by senior detectives of the City Police Crime Investigation Directorate are believed to have played a significant role in the stabbing.
The two, identified as Sudartono, 40 and Agiono, 36, were picked up just after disembarking a Singapore flight at Soekarno- Hatta International Airport.
In a related development, senior city police detectives and officers from the prosecutors office came to the scene of the murder yesterday to further study any details of the place before holding a re-enactment of the killing.
Reliable sources at the location said that the officers photographed the house and other related items such as a Mercedes Benz, in which the victim was attacked by the masked murderers.
The sources, who asked not to be identified, said that the officials also brought Beng Seng's first and second wives to the house.
Suara Pembaruan quoted police sources as saying yesterday that the city police have asked the immigration office to ban Beng Seng's second wife, Tuty, from traveling abroad, as she might also be a suspect in the killing of her husband.
When contacted for confirmation, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Haryoko said: "So far, I've no idea about the ban."
But, Bambang said, the police could arrest Tuty if there is any indication of her involvement. If she were overseas the police, through several procedures, could bring her in with the cooperation of Interpol officers and the Indonesian embassies. (bsr)