JAKARTA - The Tanjung Priok Port Resort Police (Polres) arrested a suspect in the murder of a crew member with the initials AS at Muara Baru Port, Penjaringan, North Jakarta. The perpetrator was arrested after a 23-day chase.
Tanjung Priok Port Police Chief AKBP Putu Kholis Aryana said the suspect was a ship guard at the port V transit dock with the initials W. He was arrested by joint personnel while fleeing to a house in the Majalengka area, West Java.
"After conducting searches in Central Java, West Java and Banten, finally on August 29 we were able to identify the whereabouts of the perpetrator (suspect) in Majalengka, precisely in Leuwimunding District and with the help of the local police, we managed to arrest the perpetrator (suspect)," said Kholis during a press conference at the Tanjung Priok Port Police Headquarters, North Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, September 2.
Kholis added that joint personnel also confiscated a number of evidences in the form of badik or knives, bags, and clothes worn when the victim was beaten by the suspect to death.
According to the suspect's confession, the incident was motivated by a quarrel. The victim was offended when he was reprimanded by the suspect not to sleep carelessly. The commotion broke out. The victim and perpetrator got into a fight.
The perpetrator had hit the victim twice and then stabbed the victim in the stomach with a deep wound with a badik used to slash ship ropes.
Because of his actions, the police charged the suspect with article 351 paragraph 3 concerning abuse that resulted in the victim's death with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.
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