Detectives from the West Tanjungjabung Police in Jambi arrested a 40-year-old female resident of Sawahan Besar, Central Jakarta on Tuesday night, suspecting her of committing the murder of two Singaporeans in Singapore.
etectives from the West Tanjungjabung Police in Jambi arrested a 40-year-old female resident of Sawahan Besar, Central Jakarta, identified only as K, on Tuesday night, suspecting her of committing the murder of two Singaporeans in Singapore.
Jambi Police spokesman Sr. Adj. Comr. Kuswahyudi Tresnadi said K was arrested at Hotel Namber in Patunas subdistrict, Tungkal Ilir district, West Tanjungjabung.
The arrest was made after the police received reports from the public about a woman who suspiciously talked about the murder in Singapore on June 21.
A preliminary investigation found that the suspect had been reading online reports about the murder at an internet café in Kualatungkal.
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Investigators claimed the descriptions of the alleged murderer and of K matched.
“Our checking of the guest data kept by the hotel further confirmed our suspicions. We immediately arrested her,” Kuswahyudi said.
He claimed that K immediately confessed to the murder during an interrogation at the West Tanjungjabung Police.
It was not known yet if K would be extradited to Singapore.
The police said a number of pieces of evidence have been seized, including five branded watches, three black cellphones, a red laptop and cash in rupiah and foreign currencies including Singaporean dollars, Bruneian ringgit, US dollars and Chinese yuan. (bbs)
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