Adiguna Sutowo

His 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.

Adiguna attended Senior High School IV in Gambir, Central Jakarta.

As the youngest son, he was reportedly spoiled by his mother and was allowed to drive his own Mercedes-Benz sports car to school.

A former high school classmate recalled Adiguna often skipped class to go hunting in the jungle with his gang but managed to keep his grades up.

Adiguna attended the University of Southern California to study business.

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.

Adiguna was born in Jakarta on 31 May 1958.

He is the youngest of seven children born to Ibnu Sutowo and Zaleha.

His siblings are: Nuraini Zaitun Kamarukmi Luntungan, Endang Utari Mokodompit, Widarti, Pontjo Nugro Susilo, Sri Hartati Wahyuningsih, and Handara.

He returned to Indonesia in 1981 to commence his business career.

In October 2004, Adiguna threatened to kill David Reynaldo Titawono (then 22), the nephew of rock musician Achmad Albar and singer Camelia Malik.

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.

Some accounts said Adiguna, who was accompanied by his bodyguards, shot David through or near his ear.

After the incident, police revoked Adiguna’s firearms license and confiscated a gun that fired rubber bullets.

According to local media reports, an altercation had occurred between David and one of Adiguna's nephews, prompting Adiguna to intervene.

Ricardo Gelael did not report the incident to police, but the family of Albar did.

Adiguna and Ricardo were then questioned at Jakarta Police headquarters, but the case was later settled by the two families and the Albar family retracted the police report.

Camelia Malik confirmed to Gatra magazine that “Adiguna accidentally shot my nephew with an air rifle, and only about his ears."

He was found guilty in 2005 of murdering a waiter at the Sutowo family's Jakarta Hilton Hotel (subsequently renamed Sultan Hotel).

He was sentenced to seven years in jail but was released in less than three years.

He died on 18 April 2021 at Jakarta's Pertamina Central Hospital.

At about 4:47am on 1 January 2005, Adiguna shot dead a waiter, Yohanes Brachmans Haerudy Natong, better known as Rudy, at Jakarta Hilton Hotel’s Island Bar Fluid Club & Lounge, located on the first floor of the hotel.

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.

The group then went to the Hilton Hotel, where they first went to Adiguna's room.

Some time after 3:00am, Adiguna, Tinul and Tom left the room and went to the Fluid Club, where they chatted with other people present.

Tom went to the lounge, while at about 4:40am, Adiguna sat at the bar and Tinul stood beside him.

Tinul ordered a vodka tonic for Adiguna and a lychee martini for herself.

She asked Rudy if the drinks could be charged to her room.

Rudy told her that was not possible, so Tinul settled the Rp150,000 bar tab with her HSBC Visa card.

Adiguna then ordered another round of the same two drinks and attempted to pay with his BCA debit card.

Rudy took the card and asked the cashier Hari Suprasto if it could be used.

Hari replied the machine was not available.

Rudy then returned the card to Tinul, who gave it to Adiguna.

Rudy explained the card could not be accepted because the bar did not have a machine that could process it.

The rejection upset Tinul.

“Don’t you know who he is?

He’s the biggest shareholder of this hotel!” she said, pointing at Adiguna, who was seated next to her.

Adiguna then was angered, stood up, took out a Smith & Wesson .22-caliber pistol from his trousers and held the gun at Rudy’s forehead.

Police said Adiguna pulled the trigger twice, but no bullet fired until he pulled the trigger a third time, shooting Rudy in the head.

The waiter collapsed and began to die.