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Dinner turns deadly for Japanese couple: Police
Autopsies have been conducted on the bodies of a murdered Japanese couple at Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta on Friday, prior to being cremated the next day, South Jakarta Police said
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utopsies have been conducted on the bodies of a murdered Japanese couple at Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta on Friday, prior to being cremated the next day, South Jakarta Police said.
Yasuo Hara, 69, and his wife, Mizue Hara, 67, were murdered at their residence in Rawa Lele, Jombang, Tangerang, on Thursday allegedly by two former domestic workers who were reportedly disgruntled after being fired on Wednesday after a month of employment.
South Jakarta Police chief detective Comr. Nurdi Satriaji said that the two former workers entered the house around 7:30 p.m. through a garage door where they were confronted by another male domestic worker who has worked for the couple for two years.
The three began arguing and upon hearing the commotion, Yasuo left the dining room, where he was dining with his wife, to investigate.
Yasuo then ran into the kitchen as he was chased by the suspects, who stabbed him repeatedly in the abdomen, Nurdi said.
The domestic worker had run to look for help while Mizue, who witnessed the incident, ran into the bedroom where the suspects stabbed her, he added.
“At around 8 p.m, Mizue managed to to call her in-laws,” he told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
The police are still hunting one of the suspects and have arrested and questioned the other, who was chased and caught by neighbors. The police have also confiscated the alleged murder weapon.
“The fact that the suspects brought a knife showed that they had planned the murders,” Nurdi said.
“We are identifying fingerprints and will corroborate the testimony of the two men after we have apprehended the fugitive suspect to determine who committed the murder,” Nurdi said.
He added the suspects were driven by resentment following their dismissal, and that the present domestic worker described the couple as kind.
Mizue Hara chaired the Goodwill International Foundation’s scholarship program for the past 10 years while her husband was a retiree of the Jakarta Japanese International School, not the Jakarta International School as earlier reported. (gzl)
