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Anticorruption activist's shooter arrested
Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of having shot anticorruption activist Mathur Hussain in Bangkalan, East Java, last month
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Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of having shot anticorruption activist Mathur Hussain in Bangkalan, East Java, last month.
East Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setyono confirmed in Surabaya on Tuesday that a suspect in the shooting had been arrested but refused to identify the suspect or give further details on the arrest.
'We will inform the public later, I'm still on the field right now' he said as quoted by kompas.com.
He said the shooting was allegedly masterminded by a member of the Bangkalan legislative council (DPRD).
He added that a joint investigative team comprising personnel from the detective unit of the Bangkalan Police and the provincial police were still hunting down several others suspected of having a role in the incident.
Mathur, a 47-year-old director at Crisis Islam of Demoration (Cide), was shot while going into his house on Jl Teuku Umar in Bangkalan on Jan. 20.
The police have yet to identify the motive behind the shooting but many sides suspect a connection to a graft case implicating Bangkalan chief councilor Fuad Amin, who was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). (rms)(++++)
