Suspected killer gets death penalty

Suspected killer gets death penalty

SURABAYA: A court here meted out a death penalty for Aris
Setiawan, 30, after finding him guilty of the premeditated murder
of a mother and her two daughters last April.

Judge Achmad Husein said Aris, a construction worker, had been
proven beyond reasonable doubt to have beaten to death Tong Lee
Tjen, 27, Indriani Wono, four, and one-and-a-half-year-old Ling
Ling, wife and daughters of banker Budi Wono. The murder took
place in the victims' house in Darmo Indah housing complex on
April 7.

Aris displayed no remorse when the verdict was read out. He
did not say whether he would appeal.

The prosecutor demanded the death penalty.

"I prayed to Allah before making the decision. The defendant
deserves the punishment," Husein said. (nur)