21 July 2008 :

Tubagus Yusuf Maulana, alias Usep, was killed, on July 18, in Banten province,  in West Java, for murdering eight people, according to prosecutor Lari Gau. Maulana was found guilty of leading a gang that lured credulous villagers with supernatural promises of wealth into paying him thousands of dollars. The villagers were tricked into drinking a poison-laced potion and dumped into mass graves. The day after, a mother and son were taken before a firing squad in the industrial town of Surabaya on Java island, their lawyer Soeteja Djajasmita said. The pair, Sumiarsih, 60, and Sugeng, 44, were convicted of murdering five members of a single family 20 years ago during a dispute over money. Djajasmita said the two prayed together before being led to an isolated field. They were then blindfolded and shot by 20 police officers from a distance of 50 meters, as is customary.