Adiguna Sutowo was an Indonesian businessman and convicted murderer, whose business group's interests included Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta.
69 Facts About Adiguna Sutowo
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Adiguna Sutowo was found guilty in 2005 of murdering a waiter at the Sutowo family's Jakarta Hilton Hotel.
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Adiguna Sutowo was sentenced to seven years in jail but was released in less than three years.
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Adiguna Sutowo died on 18 April 2021 at Jakarta's Pertamina Central Hospital.
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Adiguna Sutowo is the youngest of seven children born to Ibnu Sutowo and Zaleha.
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Adiguna Sutowo's siblings are: Nuraini Zaitun Kamarukmi Luntungan, Endang Utari Mokodompit, Widarti, Pontjo Nugro Susilo, Sri Hartati Wahyuningsih, and Handara.
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Adiguna Sutowo's father headed state oil and gas company Pertamina from 1957 until 1976, by which time his corrupt mismanagement had enabled him to amass an enormous family fortune and nearly bankrupted the company, despite the global oil boom of the 1970s.
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Adiguna Sutowo attended the University of Southern California to study business.
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Adiguna Sutowo returned to Indonesia in 1981 to commence his business career.
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In October 2004, Adiguna Sutowo threatened to kill David Reynaldo Titawono, the nephew of rock musician Achmad Albar and singer Camelia Malik.
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Some accounts said Adiguna Sutowo, who was accompanied by his bodyguards, shot David through or near his ear.
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Adiguna Sutowo had celebrated the New Year at Jakarta's Dragonfly nightclub with his second wife, Vika Dewayani, and their companions Novia Herdiana alias Tinul and Thomas 'Tom' Edward Sisk.
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Tom went to the lounge, while at about 4:40am, Adiguna Sutowo sat at the bar and Tinul stood beside him.
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Adiguna Sutowo asked Rudy if the drinks could be charged to her room.
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Adiguna Sutowo then ordered another round of the same two drinks and attempted to pay with his BCA debit card.
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Police said Adiguna Sutowo pulled the trigger twice, but no bullet fired until he pulled the trigger a third time, shooting Rudy in the head.
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Adiguna Sutowo then wiped the gun handle, handed the pistol to a disc jockey Werner Saferna alias Wewen, who was standing about one meter away.
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Adiguna Sutowo's body was guarded by two Hilton security guards and a Fluid Club guard.
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Media reports, quoting initial police findings, said Adiguna Sutowo was high on crystal methamphetamine and alcohol at the time of the killing.
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Adiguna Sutowo had a nosebleed on the morning of the murder.
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Adiguna Sutowo told police he had only passed through Fluid Club looking for his daughter.
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Adiguna Sutowo claimed he had helped to carry Rudy, which caused blood to get on his shirt.
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Wewen, who had received the murder weapon from Adiguna Sutowo, kept the pistol at his house for five days before handing it over to police and giving a statement.
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The Jakarta Post newspaper and detikcom online news portal in January 2005 quoted police as claiming that Adiguna Sutowo was a cocaine user.
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Adiguna Sutowo's parents were initially informed he had been shot dead during a protest against fuel price rises in Jakarta.
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Adiguna Sutowo was later transferred to Jakarta's Salemba jail, where he stayed in Block K, which is described as the "executive wing".
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Lawyer Amir Karyatim said Adiguna Sutowo was able to laugh in the jail and could order coffee from Starbucks and nasi padang.
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Rudy's fiancee, Riska Leliana, said she hoped Adiguna Sutowo would get the death penalty, but she was pessimistic about the Indonesian legal system.
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Adiguna Sutowo said she then handed the vodka tonic to Adiguna and told him she could not charge his drink to her room, but she had already paid for it.
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Adiguna Sutowo then claimed she got up and walked away, heard a gunshot and ran away without looking back.
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Adiguna Sutowo told police he saw Adiguna shoot Rudy and saw the waiter fall to the floor.
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Adiguna Sutowo said Adiguna then pushed the pistol into his hand and left.
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Adiguna Sutowo was identified in court as the murderer by Cut Nina, a bartender on duty on the morning of the killing.
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Adiguna Sutowo was standing two meters from Rudy when he was shot.
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Adiguna Sutowo said she had heard Tinul attempt to intervene in an argument between Adiguna and Rudy, moments before the shooting.
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Adiguna Sutowo was often absent from the court, but often deployed his supporters to the courthouse.
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Indonesian law expert Tim Lindsey from Melbourne University said although it would have been inconceivable that "a son of a person like Ibnu Adiguna Sutowo would have been convicted at all" under the Suharto era, "the sentence of seven years is absurdly light for such a violent and unprovoked and brutal murder".
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Adiguna Sutowo appealed at Jakarta High Court, which in August 2005 upheld his seven-year sentence.
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Adiguna Sutowo then appealed at the Supreme Court, which in January 2006 upheld the sentence.
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On 17 August 2006, Adiguna Sutowo received a three-month sentence remission in connection with national Independence Day celebrations.
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Adiguna Sutowo was released on 14 December 2007 after the Justice Ministry gave him remissions on the grounds of good behavior.
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Adiguna Sutowo had served fewer than three years in jail.
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In October 2013, Adiguna Sutowo was the subject of renewed media attention after a violent incident outside the house of his second wife, Vika Dewayani, in Pulomas, East Jakarta.
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In November 2013, when questioned by police, Adiguna Sutowo admitted he had been having an extra-marital affair with Flo for the past three years.
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Police said Adiguna Sutowo told them he was asleep in the silver Mercedes throughout the attack and had not ordered Flo to cause the damage.
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Adiguna Sutowo's lawyer alleged that Adiguna had threatened to throw her out of the house, which was owned by one of Adiguna's subsidiary companies.
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Adiguna Sutowo went on to manage PT Santana Petroleum Equipment and shipping company PT Pelayaran Umum Indonesia, from which Pertamina leased several tankers.
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Adiguna Sutowo partnered with Tommy Suharto and Soetikno Soedarjo at PT Mahasarana Buana as Fokker's aircraft agent and sold 15 aircraft to Tommy Suharto's Sempati and Pelita Air Service in September 1985.
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Adiguna Sutowo owned an explosives supply company, as well as an explosives storage warehouse on Momoi Island, near Batam.
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In 1993, Adiguna Sutowo established PT Mugi Rekso Abadi with Soetikno Soedardjo and Ongky Soemarmo.
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Adiguna's son Maulana Indraguna Sutowo became CEO of MRA Group in January 2017.
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Adiguna Sutowo headed PT Suntri Sepuri, a pharmaceuticals company founded in 1998.
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Adiguna Sutowo owns Four Seasons Hotel and Four Seasons Apartment in Bali.
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Adiguna Sutowo bought the Regent Hotel in Kuningan, Jakarta, and renamed it the Four Seasons Hotel.
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On 20 March 2018, Adiguna Sutowo failed to meet a summons by the Corruption Eradication Commission for questioning as a witness over alleged corruption and money laundering in Garuda Indonesia's procurement of aircraft and engines from Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce PLC.
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Adiguna Sutowo was re-summoned to appear on 11 April 2018 and again failed to appear, claiming to be ill.
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Adiguna Sutowo was a professional car racer from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Adiguna Sutowo's racing contemporaries included Tommy Soeharto, Ricardo Gelael, Soetikno Soedardjo and Onky Soemarno.
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Adiguna Sutowo competed in the Presidential Cup series seven times in the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Jakarta Post quoted a rally driver as saying that Adiguna Sutowo always got what he wanted and would do anything to get it.
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Adiguna Sutowo was a chairman of the DKI Jaya chapter of the Indonesian Motorsports Association for two terms, from 1989 to 1993 and from 1993 to 1997.
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Adiguna Sutowo had been a member of the Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association.
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From 1993 to 1997, Adiguna Sutowo was a deputy chairman of the Young Generation of the Communication Forum of Indonesian Veterans' Children.
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From February 1998 to October 2003, Adiguna Sutowo was general chairman of Gema FKPPI.
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Adiguna Sutowo was succeeded by his brother Pontjo Sutowo, who headed FKPPI from 2003 to 2008, during which period Adiguna was a deputy chairman.
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In 1977, while still at high school, Adiguna Sutowo married Indriana, the daughter of a former aide of president Suharto.
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In 1990, Adiguna Sutowo married his second wife, Vika, the niece of Bharata Band vocalist and bass player Harry Bharata.
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Adiguna Sutowo died at 4:04am on 18 April 2021 at Jakarta's Pertamina Hospital of undisclosed causes.
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Adiguna Sutowo was taken to a funeral home in Menteng, before being buried later that day at Jakarta's Tanah Kusir cemetery.