Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Mohammad Mahfud MD speaks at a press conference on the murder case of Brigadier Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat at his workplace in Jakarta on August 10,2022 (Antara Photo/Reno Esnir)
BY: YUSTINUS PAAT
AUGUST 10, 2022
Jakarta. The supposed motive for the murder of Brigadier Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat might contain sensitive materials that just adults are enabled to hear, Chief Security Minister Mohammad Mahfud MD said on Wednesday.
Yosua was shot to death last month at the official residence of cops basic Ferdy Sambo, who on Tuesday was called a suspect for apparently buying the murder and staging the criminal activity scene to support his claim that his subordinate was killed in a shootout with fellow officers.
Ferdy openly implicated the killed officer of pestering his other half after he was interrogated by investigators last week.
” Concerning the motive, let’s wait for what the continuous examination will bring. It’s possibly only for grownups to hear,” he informed reporters at his workplace in Jakarta.
It took a month prior to the National Cops finally implicated the two-star cops basic with the murder case.
Ferdy, who was the head of the Internal Occupation and Security Department when the murder happened, is being apprehended at the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) head office in Depok, West Java.
” The government appreciates the National Authorities and Cops Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo for their severity in handling this case,” Mahfud said.
He stated his office will continue monitoring the case from prosecution to court hearings to make sure a reasonable trial.
The suspected shooter, Second Patrolman Richard Eliezer, ought to be put under the witness defense program due to the fact that he has actually consented to end up being a whistleblower in the event, Mahfud included.
Richard is implicated of eliminating Yosua on the order of Ferdy, according to National Authorities Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo throughout a press conference a day previously.
Both guys are charged with premeditated murder which carries the maximum penalty of death.
Attorneys for Richard said last week he will submit a resignation letter to the police and request protection from the Witness and Victim Security Company, or LPSK.
The investigation team established that once after Yosua was killed, Ferdy took the victim’s weapon and fired at the wall to leave the impression that he passed away in a shootout.
A minimum of 10 high-ranking officers have actually been suspended for tampering with physical evidence and 31 cops are dealing with disciplinary procedures for alleged misbehaviors in their preliminary handling of the murder case.
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