Teacher may get 8 years for murder

Teacher may get 8 years for murder

JAKARTA (JP): A teacher on trial for killing a police major burst into tears yesterday when the prosecutor asked the court to sentence him to eight years imprisonment for the offense.

Public prosecutor Bonar Gultom told the East Jakarta District Court that the defendant deserved harsh punishment for the killing.

According to the prosecutor, Baskoni Wahab, 50, is guilty of killing Maj. Noenang Kohar at about 7:30 p.m on Oct. 14 on Jl. Wismajaya, East Jakarta.

Maj. Noenang Kohar was chief of the Pademangan police sub- precinct in Central Jakarta. He was on the way home when the incident happened.

"The defendant violated article 354 of the Criminal Code and article two of the Emergency Law number 12, issued in 1955," Gultom pointed out.

"The defendant harms other people by carrying a knife everywhere," he said, urging the court to take that fact into account.

Judge Toni Hartono presided over yesterday's trial, assisted by Zulkifli and Lombar Karokaro.

Baskoni Wahab, a teacher at a private school of economics in Cawang, East Jakarta, cried when he heard the prosecution's words.

According to the prosecutor, Baskoni shouted "dog" at Noenang when the major's Daihatsu Taft preceded the bajaj carrying him. A bajaj is a small three-wheel motorized transport vehicle.

After being called a dog, Noenang tried to stop the bajaj but Baskoni told the bajaj driver to continue on, Gultom said. Noenang followed the bajaj and cut off it on Jl. Wismajaya, he added.

When Noenang reportedly slapped Baskoni, the defendant parried the slap and then allegedly stabbed the victim in the stomach with a knife, he said.

The post mortem examination at the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital found that Noenang's death was caused by the stab wound, the prosecutor said.

Judge Toni Hartono adjourned the trial until Nov. 22 to hear Baskoni's defense. (29)