GP Ansor Appreciates Police Release Sentence For Unlawful Killing

JAKARTA - The Youth Movement (GP) Ansor appreciates the South Jakarta District Court (PN) Panel of Judges who released two police officers accused of the unlawful killing of six members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI).

Secretary General of the Central Executive GP Ansor Abdul Rochman, assessed that the decision was correct and showed the judge's clarity in viewing the issues that ensnared the two policemen, namely Police Brigadier One (Briptu) Fikri Ramadhan and Police Inspector Two (Ipda) Mohammad Yusmin Ohorella.

"The decision is correct and at the same time shows the panel of judges is clear in looking at this issue in detail. "From various witness statements, it is true that the shooting of FPI members had to be carried out because they clearly opposed and endangered the officers and the public," said Abdul Rochman as quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 19.

Apart from that, he assessed that there was nothing wrong with the procedures by the two policemen's firm actions.

According to him, the shooting would not have occurred if members of the FPI mass organization obeyed and complied with the rule of law. He said the attitude of FPI members who seized firearms and abused the officers while on duty could not be justified.

Abdul Rochman representing GP Ansor invites all parties to respect the decision of the South Jakarta District Court Judges.

Abdul Rochman said the decision of the panel of judges to free the two police officers from the criminal law was the best solution to the polemic of the shooting of six FPI members that occurred on December 7, 2020.

“Come on, it's time to stop claiming each other for the truth of this issue. We must together make the law as a guide as well as commander in chief," he said.

In addition, he invites the Indonesian people to uphold the legal norms that have become a collective agreement.

Abdul Rochman said that after the reformation, the police always tried hard to become an apparatus that worked professionally.

Through this commitment, he said, officials will not be careless in carrying out their duties because they are protected by law.

"On the pitch, the fact is it's not easy and it ends up triggering tension or collision. However, the tension should be resolved with good communication patterns, not violence or physical resistance," he said.