Hong Kong Killer 'Must Be Put To Death'

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By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Hong Kong

The family of an Indonesian woman murdered in Hong Kong have called for her killer to be put to death.

The father of Sumarti Ningsih, 25, spoke out a day after British banker Rurik Jutting appeared in court accused of killing her and a second Indonesian woman known as Jesse Lorena in Hong Kong.

Ms Ningsih's mutilated and decomposing body was found on Saturday in a suitcase on the balcony of Mr Jutting's upmarket apartment in the southern Chinese city.

Mr Jutting, who until recently worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, had called police to his home in the Wanchai district hours earlier.

The 29-year-old securities trader asked to be remanded in custody when he appeared before Hong Kong's Eastern Magistracy Court, his lawyer has confirmed.

Investigators found 29-year-old Ms Lorena - whose real name is Seneng Mujiasih - with knife wounds to her neck and buttocks in the living room of the flat.

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Jesse Lorena was found in the living room with wounds to her neck and buttock

Police believe Sumarti Ningsih died on 27 October. Her body was found in a suitcase

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Jesse Lorena was well-known in Hong Kong's Wanchai district

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A friend said Ms Lorena worked expat bars to build a better life in her native Indonesia

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The body of Ms Ningsih, who had a five-year-old son and was also known as Alice, was discovered hours later as police searched the apartment, with court documents stating she was killed on 27 October.

Speaking in Cilacap, a port town on the south coast of Java, her father Ahmad Kaliman told AFP: "I want the murderer of my child to be sentenced to death. He killed her, sadistically, so he must be put to death."

Hong Kong does not impose the death penalty.

He said the family had been told of his daughter's murder by one of her friends in Hong Kong.

"We were informed by telephone that our daughter was murdered. I was very shocked, especially when I was informed that it was hard to identify the body," he said.

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Mr Kaliman said that his daughter had transferred some money to his bank account on 22 October but he had not heard anything from her since.

Police reportedly believe the victims were sex workers, but Ms Ningsih had told her parents she was working in a restaurant in Hong Kong.

Both women had originally travelled to Hong Kong as domestic workers.

Ms Ningsih had returned to the territory on 1 September and overstayed her one-month tourist, while Ms Mujiasih's employment visa had run out in 2012.

An Indonesian consulate official confirmed the families of both women have been informed of their deaths.

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A plan of the flat shows where the victims' bodies were found

Rurik Jutting recently left his banking job. Pic: Facebook

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"The Consulate General is now putting efforts to arrange both bodies be sent home to Indonesia at the early convenience," vice-consul Sam Aryadi said.

Mr Aryadi also confirmed that Hong Kong police will conduct a "reconstruction" of the murder on Friday.

A friend of Miss Mujiasih has told Sky News she was excited about returning to Indonesia soon.

Robert Van Den Bosch said: "Her house was just finished - they'd built a new house in Indonesia so she told everybody, 'I'm going back soon to enjoy my life in Indonesia'."

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