Jealous To See Wife Close To Co-worker, Foreigner From China Stabs Friend With Knife In Cengkareng

The perpetrator of the stabbing when brought by members of the West Jakarta Police at the scene/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA – Jealous to see his wife close to another man, a foreign citizen (WNA) from China had the heart to stab his friend with a knife. The victim and perpetrator are both foreigners from China, and work in the same place.

West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pasma Royce said the victim's initials XT (33) was attacked by the perpetrator, LQ (36) at a shophouse in the Cengkareng area, West Jakarta.

Kombes Pasma said, LQ burned with jealousy because his wife was suspected of having a relationship with XT, the victim. Moreover, the perpetrator, victim and wife (perpetrator) work in the same place.

"The perpetrator, victim, and his wife work together at an electronic shipping service," Kombes Pasma told reporters, Tuesday, June 21.

There are allegations of cheating, continued Kombes Pasma, only the alleged perpetrators. Even though according to the perpetrator's wife, he was not in a relationship with the victim.

"This is just a guess, because the perpetrator felt jealous of the closeness between his wife and the victim at work. So that accusations of infidelity arose," he said.

Meanwhile, West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKBP Joko Dwi Harsono said there was no evidence of an affair between the victim and the perpetrator's wife. The officers did not find evidence of a chat (conversation) containing an element of intimacy between them.

"No, I suspect he (the perpetrator) is just jealous. His status (wife and perpetrator) is getting a divorce," he added.

Meanwhile, police officers obtained evidence of CCTV footage showing the seconds of the stabbing.

Based on CCTV footage, the incident occurred on Friday, June 17, at night. The victim was sitting playing on his cellphone in a room where he worked. Suddenly, the perpetrator came wearing a red shirt carrying a knife wrapped in yellow plastic. The perpetrator directly stabbed the victim until he was injured.