Police Assistant For Handling Cases Of The Death Of Journalists And His Family In Karo
The National Police has warned that the handling of the house fire case has caused the death of journalist Rico Perfect Pasaribu and his family on Jalan Nambung Surbakti, Karo Regency.The fire case is suspected to be related to gambling and drug trafficking cases that Rico has been covering in recent times."The National Police Headquarters certainly provides assistance in the form of guidelines, instructions and directions, of course as the supervisor of technical functions, yes, in each work unit of the North Sumatra Police," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko to reporters, Monday, July 8.For the development of the handling of the case, the North Sumatra Police, which currently has the authority, is said to have coordinated with several related parties.The goal is to find information and clues to prove the alleged fire related to the coverage of gambling and drug trafficking cases."The North Sumatra Regional Police have gone down to carry out an investigation in coordination with stakeholders including from the press council as well," he said.He emphasized that in handling this case, investigators will prioritize scientific crime investigation. Thus, all evidence found can be accounted for."The North Sumatra Police work in addition to collaboratively also based on scientific crime investigation," said Trunoyudo.In the fire incident on Thursday, June 27, 2024 tonight, the fact-finding team from the North Sumatra Journalists Safety Commission (KKJ) consisting of the Medan Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI), the North Sumatra Television Journalists Association (IJTI), Indonesian Photo Journalists (PFI) Medan, Indonesian Women Journalists Forum (FJPI), the Medan Legal Aid Institute (LBH) has verified and deepened.
From the results of the investigation, it was found that a number of facts about the fire that killed Rico and 3 members of his family occurred after the victim reported gambling on Captain Bom Ginting Street, Padang Mas Village, Kabanjahe District, Karo Regency, North Sumatra, and was strongly suspected of involving TNI personnel.Meanwhile, another version mentions the fire because there was gasoline at the victim's house and then ignited the fire. Incidentally, the victim's house did sell retail gasoline.