Two strangled to death

JAKARTA (JP): Taman Sari Police are investigating the murder of two family members living at Jl. Badila No. 2, Taman Sari subdistrict, West Jakarta, on Sunday morning.

"Twenty-four-year-old Parianto Chandra and his mother Oen Soen Jin, 63, were found dead this morning by Farida, Parianto's sister," Taman Sari Police substation chief Maj. Mulyadi said on Sunday.

Mulyadi quoted Farida as saying that four guests visited Parianto at the two-story house at about 10 p.m. on Saturday. She went to her bedroom on the second floor a few minutes after.

At 2 a.m. on Sunday, Farida went downstairs to use the bathroom. Before she returned to her bedroom, she saw her mother watching TV in the living room.

At 7 a.m., she woke up and found her mother Soen Jin lying dead in the living room and Parianto in his office on the second floor, he said.

"The killer used a string to strangle Parianto and to tie both hands behind his back. Soen Jin was also strangled," he said.

"It's possible that the murders were for revenge, since the killer did not take anything valuable from the house."

Mulyadi said the victims ran a small handset printing company in their house. Two assistants help run the business. (06)