25 Police Involved In DWP Extortion Cases Proven To Violate Ethics, Three Of Them Demosi

JAKARTA - The National Police's Professional and Security Division (Propam) has held a trial of the Police Code of Ethics Commission (KKEP) for three policemen involved in the extortion case against spectators of the 2024 Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP). The three were found guilty and sentenced to mutations with demotion.

The first violator, First Brigadier Muhammad Padli, who previously served at the Kemayoran Police, was sentenced to a three-year demonstration.

"The mutation has been demotion for three years from the time it was moved to a new place," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Erdi Adrimulan Chaniago, Thursday, January 16.

The second violator, Kompol Rio Mikael L. Tobing (RM), received a demotion sanction for eight years. Meanwhile, the third violator, Brigadier Andri Halim Nugroho (AHN), was sentenced to a five-year demotion.

The three police officers were proven to be involved in extortion against spectators of the 2024 DWP, where they arrested six Malaysian citizens suspected of being involved in drug abuse.

However, the proper rehabilitation process through the Integrated Assessment Team (TAT) was not carried out, and they asked for money in exchange for release.

Even so, the three police officers appealed against the demotion decision handed down.

Previously, as many as 22 members of Polda Metro Jaya also underwent a KKEP trial. All suspected violators were found guilty and sanctioned.

Three of them, Kombes Donald Parlaungan Simanjuntak, AKP Yudhy Triananta Syaeful, and AKBP Malvino Edward Yusticia, were dishonorably dismissed (PTDH). In addition, several other members, such as Kompol Dzul Fadlan, Iptu SM, AKP Fauzan, and S, were subject to eight years of demotion.

Several other members also received demotion sanctions for five to eight years, including Bripka Ricky Sihite who was sentenced to five years of demotion, and Iptu Agung Setiawan with a demonstration sanction of six years.

Similar sanctions were also given to Brigadier Hendy Kurniawan, Iptu Jemi Ardianto, and Aipda Hadi Jhontua Simarmata who were sentenced to eight years of demotion. Meanwhile, Aipda Lutfi Hidayat was sentenced to a five-year demonstration.