Taiwanese suspect may be tried in his country
Taiwanese suspect may be tried in his country
JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday they may not be able to
extradite YYS, a Taiwanese man believed to have murdered a
businesswoman here last month, because Indonesia and Taiwan do
not have diplomatic relations.
YYS, 45, believed to be the lover of the victim, Ivone, has
been arrested by the Taiwanese authorities but the nonexistence
of diplomatic ties between the two countries makes extradition
hardly possible, Lt. Col. A. Latief Rabar, spokesman for the city
police, told reporters.
Latief also said that the Taiwanese authorities's request on
June 13 through Interpol Indonesia for the legal evidence in the
case, including the autopsy and the victim's clothes, is a strong
indication that YYS will not be extradited or tried in the
Indonesian court.
Earlier Latief said that the city police are still negotiating
with the Taiwanese authorities through both the Indonesian and
Taiwanese chambers of commerce.
Latief said he hopes that the support of Interpol's bureau
offices could lead to YYS's extradition to Jakarta. This would
enable further investigations into Ivone's death, he said.
Aminuddin, the vice chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of
Commerce for trade and international relations, said he has never
received a request from the city police for help with the case.
"I never realized that the police were asking for our favor as
they have not given us any details of the case," he said.
Ivone, divorced with one child, is believed to have been
severely bludgeoned by YYS, who was her boyfriend, on April 28.
The attack is believed to have occurred in her car on the way
home from the Pantai Indah Kapuk complex in North Jakarta.
The woman sustained severe wounds on her head and neck, and
was shocked and unable to speak after the attack, Latief said.
Ivone died on May 3 after being treated for six days in the
intensive care unit of the Graha Medika hospital in Kebon Jeruk,
West Jakarta.
Based on the preliminary questioning of Alex and Wo, the other
two suspects, the police concluded that YYS had two motives for
attacking Ivone. First, Latief said, Ivone might have ignored
YYS's repeated demands that she stop a love affair with another
man.
Second, he added, the two might have had a disagreement about
the stake YYS had in the victim's firm, which produces shoes.
Police said YYS disappeared after bringing Ivone to the
hospital. He reportedly called the victim's mother and told her
that Ivone had been seriously injured after falling from her car,
said Latief. (03)