JAKARTA: A young man has been arrested on suspicion of burning down his mother's house in the Mamuju region of West Sulawesi following a dispute over his father's pension money on Thursday.
The house, owned by Rahmatia, located near the famous resort area of Lombang-lombang Beach, was set on fire by her son, Irfandi, 30, around 9 a.m. local time.
Chief of Kalukku Police Station Inspector Makmur in a statement confirmed the arrest of the suspect, also known as Ippang, and that the scene of the incident had been cordoned off with police tape to facilitate investigation.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the tension between mother and son originated after he discovered his mother had withdrawn his father's pension money without informing him.
"The suspect was also dissatisfied with the construction of a house on land whose ownership was still in dispute," Makmur said.
Irfandi decided to start the fire by igniting the window curtains, resulting in the destruction of the house and property worth 40 million rupiah (about RM12,200).