Male Killer In Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan Due To Debt At Night Entertainment Places Arrested

Police are investigating a murder case on Jalan Lintas Timur Simpang Melapi, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Thursday (30/5/2024). ANTARA/HO-Polres Kapuas Hulu.

JAKARTA - The police arrested a man with the initials UY, suspected of being the perpetrator of the murder of Hendrikus Ujang (HU) on Jalan Lintas Timur Kedamin Hulu, Putussibau Selatan District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan (Kalbar). "The perpetrator is the victim's closest friend because of debt problems at nightclubs and the victim's invitation to force the perpetrator to steal a motorbike," said Kapuas Hulu Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Hendrawan, at Putussibau Kapuas Hulu, Thursday. Hendrawan explained that the perpetrator had tried to trick his actions with the mode of death of the victim due to a traffic accident, after an investigation it turned out that the victim died of abuse by the perpetrator by hitting the victim using wood and strangling the victim. Hendrawan emphasized that the perpetrators have now been detained at the Kapuas Hulu Police Station to undergo a legal process and are charged with Article 338 or Article 351 of the Criminal Code. The perpetrators and victims are residents of Nanga Awin Village, South Putussibau District "We will coordinate with the West Kalimantan Police Laboratory for the implementation of the autopsy," he said.

Previously, the case was initially revealed when the victim's father reported that his son (HU) was found dead in an accident at 04.00 WIB on Jalan Lintas Timur Simpang Melapi, South Putussibau District, Tuesday, May 21. However, when the Kapuas Hulu Police Traffic Unit conducted an investigation of the crime scene, there were no signs of an accident and it was strongly suspected that the victim died because he was murdered. According to Hendrawan, the Detective Unit also followed up on the investigation, after examining a number of witnesses and checking the installed camera (CCTV) around the incident, it was found that the perpetrator was the last person with the victim. "When the investigation was carried out, the perpetrator admitted that he had killed the victim and deliberately engineered it as if he and the victim had an accident," said Hendrawan. From the results of the examination, he said, the perpetrator killed the victim because the victim did not want to pay a debt in the night entertainment amounting to Rp1 million against the perpetrator. In addition, after returning from the nightclub, the perpetrator and the victim walked on the way the victim asked the perpetrator to buy alcoholic beverages and buy them by the perpetrator. When the perpetrator demanded the debt, the victim did not want to pay on the grounds that there was no money, and the victim forced the perpetrator to steal the motorbike. Because the perpetrator refused to steal the motorbike, an argument broke out and the fight broke out between the two, which caused the victim of HU to die. "So that night, the victim invited the perpetrator to karaoke at a nightclub and promised to pay the cost of the night entertainment, but the perpetrator actually paid when he was billed, the victim invited the perpetrator to steal a motorbike, that's where an argument occurred that killed the victim," said Hendrawan.