Two more held in Beng Seng case
Two more held in Beng Seng case
JAKARTA (JP): Two other suspects in last year's killing of entertainment businessman Darmansyah Sujadi, alias Nyo Beng Seng, were arrested by city police last Friday.
The two, identified as Apiu and Eng San, were caught last Friday in Jakarta, a reliable source told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
Two people, Agiono and Sudartono, have already been sentenced to 20 years and 15 years, respectively, for stabbing Beng Seng to death.
City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna confirmed the arrest of Apiu and Eng San in a phone conversation yesterday, but refused to give further details.
"We are still interrogating the two to find out their roles and motives in the homicide," Iman said.
The secretary of the City Police Crime Investigation Directorate, Lt. Col. Edi Darnadi, said yesterday that Apiu and Eng San are now being questioned about their roles in the murder of 57-year-old Beng Seng, a godfather in the gambling business, both here and overseas.
Other people questioned by the police include Beng Seng's lawyer Leo Kartono and the victim's second wife, Tuti Sulastri.
National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman Astrosemitro has ordered the arrests of seven people in connection with the murder.
The other suspects, as mentioned in the trials of Agiono and Sudartono, include Apiu, Eng San, Hong Lie, A Lay and Avok, Banurusman said.
From his "headquarters" in Singapore, Hong Lie challenged the police by saying he would testify when the police begin to question lawyer Leo Kartono, whom Hong Lie has accused of instigating the murder plot.
The North Jakarta District Court sentenced Agiono and Sudartono in August to 20 years and 15 years imprisonment for murdering Beng Seng in front of Tuti's mansion in Pluit on April 15, 1994.
According to the prosecution at the trial of Agiono and Sudartono, the murder was carried out upon the instructions of Beng Seng's business competitor Hong Lie, following an argument between them over Hong Lie's debt of US$3.2 million to Beng Seng.
Beng Seng owned a number of nightclubs, massage parlors and other business firms, including the PT Irama Tara recording company.
He was also a renowned gambler and a contact person for Indonesians who wanted to gamble at exclusive gambling venues in Macao, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Malaysia and Australia. (bsr)