Police Arrest Goat Thief Persecutor, Blood-covered Victim Runs To KPK's Old Office

Police arrest perpetrators of goat thief assault (Photo via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Setiabudi Police Team, South Jakarta, arrested two persecutors of a man who was caught trying to steal a goat on Jalan Guntur, South Jakarta.

"That's right, the incident happened on Wednesday (20/1) at 03.30 WIB, we arrested two people in the afternoon at 15.00 WIB," said Head of Setiabudi Metro Police AKBP Yogen Heroes Baruno quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 21.

Yogen said that the two actors had the initials MTF (37) and SR (34). Meanwhile, the victim was named Sulaeman, age 47, a resident of Kebon Melatih, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.

The arrests of the two perpetrators began with reports of residents who found the victim Sulaeman covered in blood on Jalan HR Rasunan Said in front of the old KPK office which is now the Anti-Corruption Education Center.

The victim was injured after being mistreated by the two perpetrators using a sharp weapon. The victim fled to the front of the old KPK office.

The victim was found by residents in a dying condition and taken by ambulance to the Puskesmas, but the victim's life was not saved because he ran out of blood.

"The victim died at the Puskesmas," said Yogen.

From the interim examination, the two perpetrators admitted to torturing the victim because they had stolen a goat a few days earlier.

At the time of the incident, the perpetrator saw the victim jumping the fence, allegedly trying to steal the goat that was kept by the perpetrator.

"We are subject to the main article of murder, Article 338 then added to Article 170 regarding beatings so the threat of a sentence of 12 years imprisonment," said Yogen.

Meanwhile the victim has been handed over to the family for burial.