TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - South Jakarta Police examine four witnesses in a murder case of Jopi Peranginangin, an environmental activist, at a night club in Kemang, South Jakarta. Those four people were suspected to know the cause of the killing of the activist known as @redjopi on Twitter.
"Two security guards and two friends of victims," said Head of Public Relations Division of the South Jakarta Police, Commissioner Ashwini, in South Jakarta Police, Saturday, May 23, 2015.
Jopi was born in 1976, his full name is Jopi Teguh Lasmana Peranginangin. He was killed after receiving a stab wound in the back at Venue bar and lounge, on Saturday, May 23, 2015. Jopi was taken to Pertamina Hospital, but his life could not be saved.
Aswin said that the incident happened around 03:30 on Saturday. The victim was known to be involved in a commotion in the night club. The commotion was halted because the manager will close the club because its hours of operation has ended. But the squabble re-occurred in the parking lot.
As a result, Jopi suffered severe stab wounds on his back. His colleagues had fled him to the nearest hospital, But sadly his life could not be saved.
The two witnesses who were examined were the security officers with initials 'D' and 'IK'. While two colleagues of Jopi who were being examined is 'MF', a citizen of Bandung, West Java, and 'A', a student who live in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java.
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