Tax officer nabbed for masterminding murder
Tax officer nabbed for masterminding murder
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
After hunting the murder suspects for months, the city police
finally arrested on Wednesday all suspects in the murder of a
lawyer in September last year, including its mastermind, Dwi
Aryanto, 36, a tax officer from Surabaya.
Dwi was the last to be arrested on April 14 at his house in
Taman Laguna Housing Complex, Cibubur, East Jakarta.
At his house police found four rifles, seven guns, and 2,061
bullets of various caliber.
Police charged Dwi under Article 340 of the Criminal Code on
assassination and the 1951 Emergency Law for illegal arms
possession.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Dwi gave the order
to murder lawyer Imran Rosad because he felt he was cheated.
"Dwi wanted to be promoted to Jakarta. For this purpose, Dwi
asked help from Imran, who claimed to know a high level official
at the Jakarta tax office," Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.
Makbul Padmanagara said on Wednesday.
However, after paying Imran Rp 650 million (US$76,500), Dwi
was disappointed because there was no sign that he would be moved
to Jakarta.
Dwi later hired middleman Yusuf Buka, a member of Airborne
division in the Army, to organize the killing. Yusuf contacted
hit man Elya Jauhar and offered him Rp 300 million to kill Imran.
Elya asked an associate, Jonathan Wimsiwor, to find him a gun
to execute the order. However, as Jonathan did not provide the
gun, Elya killed Imran himself using a dagger.
Elya tricked Imran into meeting him, asking the latter to meet
him at a karaoke bar in Ancol, North Jakarta, late on Sept. 2,
2003 for a legal consultation over a land title problem.
Early in the morning of Sept. 3, Elya stabbed Imran to death
while the victim was driving.
"Elya told investigators that they were passing Jl. Lampiri,
Pondok Kelapa, East Jakarta on their way to Bekasi when the
victim woke him up. He said the gesture made Elya remember that
he had to kill Imran," Makbul revealed.
Police first apprehended Jonathan in September, who gave
information that led to the arrest of Elya on April 12, Yusuf
Buka on April 13, and the murder mastermind Dwi the following
day.
"Because Yusuf Buka is a soldier, we forwarded the case to the
military police," Makbul said.