Victim confirms Gunawan's role in Asaba homicide
Victim confirms Gunawan's role in Asaba homicide
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
City police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang said
on Friday the statement made by a victim of a murder attempt,
Paulus Tejakusuma, confirmed the involvement of businessman
Gunawan Santosa, the suspected mastermind in the high-profile
murder of PT Asaba director Boedyharto Angsono last July.
"We have obtained Paulus' statement and evidence that
corroborates the police investigation," he said.
The police dispatched a team of three last week to Singapore
to get Paulus' statement on the murder attempt. Paulus is still
being treated at a hospital there after surviving the shooting on
Jl. Angkasa in front of Hotel Golden, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta,
on June 6.
He sustained gunshot wounds to his chest, chin and right
shoulder.
The hospital passed the three bullets taken from Paulus' body
to the police, to be used as evidence.
According to Salempang, the bullets match a .38 caliber FN
pistol used in the shooting.
In Paulus' deposition, seen by The Jakarta Post, Paulus says
he knew that Gunawan Santosa had targeted him.
"He (Gunawan) hated me so much and had planned to kill me as I
managed to discover he had misused Rp 40 billion (US$4.7 million)
that belonged to the Asaba Group," he said, as stated in the
deposition paper.
Paulus, who was PT Asaba's finance director, made a report to
Boedyharto, who was Gunawan's father-in-law at the time.
Boedyharto dismissed Gunawan and took him to the police. A court
sentenced him to two years and eight months in jail.
Gunawan escaped Kuningan Penitentiary in Cirebon, West Java,
before he completed the sentence, and, according to the police
investigation, hired four low-ranking marines to help him carry
out the killing of Boedyharto and Paulus.
Salempang said police had completed the dossiers on Gunawan
regarding the murder of Boedyharto and his bodyguard, Second Sgt.
Edi Siyep, who was a member of the Army's Special Forces
Kopassus), on July 19 at the parking lot of Sasana Krida Sports
Stadium, Penjaringan, North Jakarta.
The police arrested Gunawan on Sept. 11 at an upmarket rented
apartment on Jl. Industri Raya, Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta.
Gunawan had undergone plastic surgery to disguise his facial
features. He also carried three different identity cards by the
names of Indra Amapta, Dustin Bakrie and Kevin Martin.