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SIX NAMED SUSPECT IN VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION LEADING TO COUNCILOR`S DEATH
Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA) - Six people in Medan have been arrested as suspects in Tuesday's violent demonstration at the North Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) in which the council's chairman was injured and later died, police said.
The six were named suspects after 13 witnesses in the incident underwent questioning from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning, National Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said here Wednesday.
"Of the 13 witnesses who underwent the questioning, six were eventually named suspects and put under arrest," Danuri said, adding that two of the suspects refused to be questioned on the ground they had to wait for their lawyer.
Meanwhile, head of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, Commissioner General Susno Duaji, said the initials of the six arrested suspects were CO, VS, DS, BR, GS, and PS.
"The number of suspects will probably increase because the investigation lasted from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning," Susno Duaji said.
He added that the police were still hunting a number of other people for their alleged involvement in the violent demonstration at the council building to demand that the DPRD approve the establishment of a new administrative province in Tapanuli.
Apparently angered by a lack of positive response from DPRD members, the demonstrators forced their way into the building where they beat up, dragged and trampled on the council's chairman, Abdul Aziz Angkat.
Police who were guarding the rally later took Angkat to a hospital where he died.
National Police Headquarters spokesman Insp Gen Abubakar Nataprawira said on Tuesday, Angkat died of a heart attack, not by the injuries he had sustained in the demonstrators' assault.
He said the police had arrived at this conclusion after studying the results of an autopsy conducted by the hospital in Medan on Angkat's body and accounts of several witnesses.
"The external autopsy carried out by Gleni International hospital in Medan indicated that Abdul Aziz died of a heart attack," Nataprawira said.
The six were named suspects after 13 witnesses in the incident underwent questioning from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning, National Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said here Wednesday.
"Of the 13 witnesses who underwent the questioning, six were eventually named suspects and put under arrest," Danuri said, adding that two of the suspects refused to be questioned on the ground they had to wait for their lawyer.
Meanwhile, head of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, Commissioner General Susno Duaji, said the initials of the six arrested suspects were CO, VS, DS, BR, GS, and PS.
"The number of suspects will probably increase because the investigation lasted from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning," Susno Duaji said.
He added that the police were still hunting a number of other people for their alleged involvement in the violent demonstration at the council building to demand that the DPRD approve the establishment of a new administrative province in Tapanuli.
Apparently angered by a lack of positive response from DPRD members, the demonstrators forced their way into the building where they beat up, dragged and trampled on the council's chairman, Abdul Aziz Angkat.
Police who were guarding the rally later took Angkat to a hospital where he died.
National Police Headquarters spokesman Insp Gen Abubakar Nataprawira said on Tuesday, Angkat died of a heart attack, not by the injuries he had sustained in the demonstrators' assault.
He said the police had arrived at this conclusion after studying the results of an autopsy conducted by the hospital in Medan on Angkat's body and accounts of several witnesses.
"The external autopsy carried out by Gleni International hospital in Medan indicated that Abdul Aziz died of a heart attack," Nataprawira said.
