Adiguna Sutowo (31 May 1958 – 18 April 2021) was an Indonesian businessman and convicted murderer, whose business group’s interests included Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta.
His siblings are: Nuraini Zaitun Kamarukmi Luntungan, Endang Utari Mokodompit, Widarti, Pontjo Nugro Susilo, Sri Hartati Wahyuningsih, and Handara.
In October 2004, Adiguna threatened to kill David Reynaldo Titawono (then 22), the nephew of rock musician Achmad Albar and singer Camelia Malik.
[5] The incident took place in Kemang, South Jakarta, reportedly at a property of Indonesian KFC franchise owner Ricardo Gelael, who is the husband of Albar’s ex-wife, Rini S. Bono.
[9] Adiguna 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.
[12] Adiguna then wiped the gun handle, handed the pistol to a disc jockey Werner Saferna alias Wewen, who was standing about one meter away.
[14] Media reports, quoting initial police findings, said Adiguna was high on crystal methamphetamine and alcohol at the time of the killing.
Detikcom online news portal quoted a police source as saying the nosebleed could have been the result of nasal inhalation of narcotics because the suspect had a propensity for that method of drug taking.
[20] The Jakarta Post newspaper and detikcom online news portal in January 2005 quoted police as claiming that Adiguna was a cocaine user.
National Police chief of detectives Commissioner General Suyitno Landung Sudjono in January 2005 said samples of Adiguna's blood and urine tested positive to illegal drugs: methamphetamine and phenmetrazine.
Police Detective chief Suyitno Landung, who was later jailed for taking bribes in a separate case, declined to explain why the results were different from the blood and urine tests.
The 25-year-old victim, Rudy, was from a low-income family on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province and had been working part-time at the Hilton to support his law studies at Jakarta's Bung Karno University.
[27] Before Adiguna’s trial commenced, his brother Pontjo Sutowo traveled to Flores, where he presented Rudy’s family with a traditional condolence gesture of a cow's head.
Other high-profile inmates of Block K at the time included Aceh governor Abdullah Puteh and Golkar Party tycoon Nurdin Halid.
Rudy’s fiancee, Riska Leliana, said she hoped Adiguna would get the death penalty, but she was pessimistic about the Indonesian legal system.
Disk jockey, Werner Saferna alias Wewen (35 at the time), also gave testimony that conflicted with his original police statement.
Fluid Club general manager Yerry Eka Nugraha testified in court that three of his staff had immediately after the shooting informed him that Adiguna shot Rudy.
[36] On 16 June 2005, Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Adiguna to seven years in jail for murder with intent but without premeditation and illegal possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.
Presiding judge Lilik Mulyadi said that although all of the accusations against Adiguna had been "legitimately proven", there were several mitigating factors to warrant a light sentence.
[39] Indonesian law expert Tim Lindsey from Melbourne University said although it would have been inconceivable that "a son of a person like Ibnu 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".
In November 2007, a panel of three Supreme Court judges – Parman Soeparman, Djoko Sarwoko and Moegiharjo – reduced Adiguna’s sentence to four years, making him due for release in 2009.
Jakarta Social Blog, a website devoted to the revels of the city’s wealthiest families, reported on Adiguna’s birthday party at the exclusive Blowfish Kitchen & Bar in May 2008 and listed a string of celebrity attendees.
The report attracted critical comments, but these were outnumbered by people posting in Adiguna’s defense with comments such as “he’s accepted his mistake… he knows what he’s done is wrong (plus when he did it he wasn’t exactly “himself”)… now let him move on with his life & live a normal life.”[44] In October 2013, Adiguna was the subject of renewed media attention after a violent incident outside the house of his second wife, Vika Dewayani, in Pulomas, East Jakarta.
[46] Later, Vika filed a police complaint against Flo, who at the time was married to Satriyo “Piyu” Yudi Wahono, the lead guitarist of pop band Padi.
[50][51] On 23 September 2015, Flo filed for divorce against Piyu at South Jakarta District Court, accusing him of failing to provide physical and mental support for the past two years.
Adiguna’s business interests covered machinery, shipping, pharmaceuticals, property and hospitality, entertainment, media, automotive and explosives.
[57] In 1993, Adiguna established PT Mugi Rekso Abadi (MRA) with Soetikno Soedardjo and Ongky Soemarmo (who was executive director of Tommy Suharto's Humpuss Group).
They embody the character of an excellent young management team: a sense of intelligent restlessness.”[62] The group's operations have covered restaurants, magazines and radio stations, luxury vehicles, entertainment and hotels.
[81] Among the mourners who scattered flowers over the grave were Dian Sastrowardoyo and Jakarta Regional Legislative Assembly chairman Prasetyo Edi Marsudi of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
[83] Among the floral bereavement boards displayed at the funeral home and the cemetery were those in the names of: former state intelligence chief A.M. Hendropriyono, Golkar Party politician Hayani Isman, Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) head Lieutenant General Doni Monardo, former Army Special Forces (Kopassus) chief Major General Madsuni, and People's Consultative Assembly speaker Bambang Soesatyo's Justice Building Solidarity Movement (Gerak BS).