REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MEDAN -- Police have named five people as suspects in the case of murder of tax personnel in North Sumatra's Nias Island District who had gone to collect tax arrears.

Key suspect in the murder case, identified by his initials AL, is a 45-year-old rubber trader, Adjunct Senior Commissioner MP Naingolan said here on Wednesday night.

The other four suspects are AZ (17), a resident of Hilihambawa village in Lahewa Timur sub-district of Gunungsitoli city; DL (22), a resident of Dahana village in Alasa sub-district of Nias Utara District; MG (18), resident of Hilimbaruzo in Ma'u sub-district of Nias District; and BL (43), resident of Dahana village in Alasa sub-district of Nias Utara District.

As per police investigations, the suspect turned crazy when tax office personnel informed him he owed Rp14 billion in tax arrears pending since 2010, and ended up murdering the two tax personnel.