Servant arrested over killing

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta police have arrested a servant at a boarding house for Thursday's rape and murder of a 25-year- old woman in Central Jakarta.

Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Murawi Effendi said yesterday that the suspect, identified as Zakaria Sidik, alias Jaka, 27, was picked up on Thursday evening from a friend's house in Condet, East Jakarta.

The servant, who has worked at the boarding house for three years, could become the main suspect in the rape and murder of Tri Irawati Purnomo, alias Nia, a nightclub hostess.

Murawi assumed that the victim was strangled to death while trying to ward off the suspect's attempt to rape her.

Jaka raped the woman when she was dead, Murawi said. (bsr)