US Bripka's Attorney Says His Client Died Not Because Of Bundir, But Killed

The attorney for the family of Bripka Arfan Erbanus Saragih or Bripka AS, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The attorney for the family of Bripka Arfan Erbanus Saragih or Bripka AS, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak said that his client died not because of suicide (Bundir), but was murdered. He said this after seeing the injuries suffered by AS there were irregularities.

"Now why is the head damaged? The jaw is damaged? Is it hit by heavy equipment, hard objects or what? Then he is in the middle of the preaching," Kamaruddin said when confirmed, Friday, June 2.

"Why doesn't anyone know, why don't you look at the police while he ordered cyanide from Bogor, why can cyanide come from Bogor to the police chief's hands and so on," he continued

Therefore, Kamaruddin asked for the case to be reported to the North Sumatra Police to be handled by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. So that the case can be explained by the alleged murder of Bripka AS.

"We reported yesterday, our report. There have been more reports in Central Java, but the report is at the Regional Police, so we were asked to write to the National Police Chief and the Deputy Chief of Police for the Criminal Investigation and the Head of Propam Polri, Irwasum wrote and asked for a search from the center," he said.

Kamaruddin explained the reason why the family wanted the case to be handled by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police, because according to him there were allegations of obstructing the investigation in his report at the Sumatra Police.

"They don't believe 100 percent, so they are happy that parents are also invited," he concluded.

For information, a police officer at the Samosir Police, with the initials Bripka AS, committed suicide by drinking cyanide poison. The action was carried out, allegedly because he was unable to face problems with the alleged case of motor vehicle tax evasion, which reached Rp. 2.5 billion.

Where, Bripka AS, is a member of the Samosir Police Traffic Unit. He was found dead lying on the side of the road in the Pangururan District, Samosir Regency, Monday, February 6, 2023, then.

The death of Bripka AS, opened the veil of tax evasion allegedly committed at UPT Samsat Pangururan, Samosir Regency, which took place from 2018 to the end of 2022. This case is being investigated by the North Sumatra Police.