Taxi driver killed by passenger

Taxi driver killed by passenger

JAKARTA (JP): Police believe a middle-aged taxi driver was
killed by a passenger who refused to pay a Rp 30,000 (US$3.75)
fare, which was still registered on the meter.

The victim, Iwan Suharto, 50, was found with stab wounds to
the abdomen. His body was found on the ground just 30 meters from
his taxi by residents of Kampung Cibedekan, Bekasi.

Police ruled out robbery as being the motive for the killing
because the taxi and some of the victim's belongings were left at
the crime scene and no bloodstains were found inside the car.

Iwan's friend Jailani, who is also a taxi driver, said the
victim was driving his taxi when the incident took place.

"We lived in the same neighborhood. I took pity on him, so I
let him drive my taxi after I had finished my shift during the
last two months," Jailani said.

Iwan's son, Ervin, 21, who went to the morgue to claim his
father's remains, said his father had been a taxi driver for at
least 20 years. (01)