Shooting case trial begins

Shooting case trial begins

JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court has begun the trial of Priyo Pujo Prabowo who stands accused of shooting at a five-star hotel and a bank building located in Central Jakarta last year.

In his indictment Prosecutor Esther Datu Rante charged the suspect Thursday with illegally possessing a long-barrel riffle and later using it to fire shots at Shangri-La Hotel and the Bank Bumi Daya building on Oct. 29.

The prosecutor said Priyo, who was arrested along with another suspect on Nov. 29, stole the Winchester gun, registration number 334576 A, from the house of Hengky Setiawan on Jl. Ampera in Cirebon, West Java.

Esther said Priyo, as the prime suspect of the shooting, fired several shots at rooms number 1128 and 827 of the hotel with the aim of disrupting the wedding reception of actor Ongky Alexander Harianto and corporate executive Paula Ayustina Saroinsong being held at the hotel.

The shots broke windows of the hotel's rooms, inflicting a loss of Rp 400,000.

It is not known why the suspect wanted to disrupt the reception.

Security measures at the hotel were tightened as a result of the incident, as well as at the company owned by Ongky and Paula at the bank headquarters.

The trial was adjourned until today. (bas)