Textile factory owner found dead in his own office
Textile factory owner found dead in his own office
JAKARTA (JP): The trussed and battered body of the owner of a
textile factory was found in his office in Cibitung, Bekasi on
Monday morning.
Sugiarto, alias A Ling, 40, who owned PT Karang Buana Indah
textile manufacturer, was found dead by one of his office boys at
about 7 a.m. with both of his hands and feet tightly bound with
plastic rope while his head was covered with a red cloth, an
officer said.
No stab wounds were found on his body and local police
believed that the victim had been repeatedly hit in the head with
blunt objects.
One of his relatives believed that A Ling was killed by former
workers who had been dismissed a few weeks earlier.
Maj. Sgt. Tarmizi of Cibitung police sub precinct, quoted the
office boy, identified as Bambang, as saying that he was about to
clean his boss's room that morning when suddenly he was surprised
at the discovery of the corpse of A Ling.
"He was just about to open the door of the office when
suddenly A Ling's dead body fell in front of him," Tarmizi said.
He, however declined to give further details and only said
that the discovery of A Ling's body at his office on Jl. Raya
Jababeka was still under thorough investigation.
A resident of Kemandoran, West Jakarta, A Ling, father of four
children, was a hard worker, his relatives said.
"He rarely went home. Instead, he spent most of his time at
his factory," Eli, one of his relatives, told reporters at the
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta.
Eli and the victim's other relatives were there to obtain
clearance for A Ling's body, which was admitted to the hospital
for a post mortem examination.
According to Eli, the relatives still had no idea about the
possible motives of A Ling's killers.
She quoted some of his employees as saying that there were at
least four security guards on duty at the factory that night.
"But the whereabouts of the four are still unclear," Eli said.
"They perhaps have already been questioned by the police. But
I strongly believe that they were not the murderers," she said,
giving no further explanation.
Eli, however suspected that the killing was committed by some
of the factory's former employees, dismissed by A Ling a few
weeks ago.
According to her, the factory recorded a massive dismissal of
dozens of its employees several weeks back due to deteriorating
financial conditions.
Some of the dismissed employees might resent their fate, she
said.
When asked about a possible robbery, officer Tarmizi only said
that there were as yet no reports of missing valuables from the
victims' relatives. (emf)