South Jakarta murder is a family affair

South Jakarta murder is a family affair

JAKARTA (JP): Police are still searching for three of the four
robbers suspected of having killed a disabled man at a judge's
house on Jl. Poltangan, Jagakarsa, a suburb in South Jakarta.

The robbery took place at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday.

One of the suspects, identified as Ade Aulia Harahap, 25, is
the victim's nephew. He was captured on the spot by local
residents and severely beaten.

Police believe Aulia and the three other suspects killed the
disabled Abdul Hakim Harahap, 34, whose body was found in the
bathroom of the house of judge BED Siregar. Apparently, the
suspects murdered the man when he caught them robbing his house.

In addition to being Aulia's uncle, Harahap was a brother-in-
law of judge Siregar. Informed sources say that Aulia's father,
who was Harahap's brother, used to live in Siregar's house.
However, he and his family moved out when Aulia started getting
into trouble with the law.

Judge Siregar is now living in the West Sumatra provincial
capital of Padang where he is serving as head of the High Court.
He was reportedly not in the house at the time of the robbery.

South Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Adang Rismanto, who is
leading the murder and robbery investigations, said that he hoped
that Aulia would recover quickly because the information he could
provide would be vital in handling the case.

Adang said that Nachrowi was the first to learn of the robbery
and murder. Nachrowi is the driver for the Siregars, and lived at
his employer's house together with victim Harahap and Siregar's
eldest son, Mori.

Reportedly, the thieves were spotted by Nachrowi and two of
the suspects, who were acting as lookouts, as they fled in their
white Suzuki Katana jeep. Allegedly, the other two -- including
Aulia -- were caught trying to flee, but were temporarily
captured by Nachrowi with help from his employer Mori.

One of the captured suspects then managed to escape when a
number of local residents arrived at the scene. In their anger,
the crowd lashed out by hitting Aulia with weapons, leaving
severe wounds to his head and back.

After the attack, police took Aulia to Kramat Jati police
hospital in East Jakarta for medical treatment.

The suspects did not take anything from the judge's house.

During a bout of preliminary questioning, Aulia gave false
information to investigators about his three partners as well as
his own identity, Adang told reporters yesterday.

"We've checked out everything he told us, but found nothing.
We know that we're dealing with a tough criminal," Adang said.

Adang said that Aulia, who's body is covered by a full-body
tattoo, is well-known as a hardened, career criminal. (bsr)