Indonesian Navy Soldiers Charged With Killing Juwita Journalists Because They Are Not Ready To Marry Victims

BANJARBARU - Military Odditurat (Odmil) III-15 Banjarmasin revealed that the soldiers of the Indonesian Navy Classi Satu Jumran, a defendant in the murder of a journalist from Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Juwita (23), had two romantic relationships with victims and women in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.

Head of Military Oditurat III-15 Banjarmasin Lt. Col. CHK Sunandi revealed the evidence when reading the indictment in the inaugural trial at the Military Court (Dilmil) I-06 Banjarmasin, Banjarbaru City, Monday.

"Before the defendant had sex with the victim, the victim refused because he knew the defendant had a lover in Sulawesi," said the contents of the conversation between the defendant and the victim somewhere in Banjarbaru, in the November-December 2024 period," Sunandi said in the indictment quoted by ANTARA.

The indictment explains that the first meeting took place at a cafe in Banjarbaru, intense communication, then met at a hotel after going through the social media acquaintance process (the defendant used the pseudonym Andi), and exchanged Whatsapp numbers, unfortunately communication and the defendant did not hesitate to discuss sexual.

In mid-November 2024, the defendant invited the victim to meet again in Banjarbaru to discuss the relationship, which the defendant said was a special relationship, even though the defendant actually had a boyfriend in Sulawesi but was not reluctant to have a relationship with the victim.

A few days later, the defendant again contacted the victim for a walk, then met but asked him to be alone (by signal of having sex).

Then the victim immediately asked if she was pregnant whether the defendant wanted to be responsible, and swiftly the defendant answered that he was ready to take responsibility if it was her child. The victim again asked whether the defendant would run away if something happened, then the defendant again convinced the victim not to hesitate.

Then they planned to meet at a hotel in Banjarbaru, the victim preceded entering the hotel room. The defendant went home first to the MMA mes. Then the victim came to the victim using a motorbike.

After arriving, the defendant entered the room and locked the door. The defendant had time to go to the bathroom, took off his clothes and approached the victim. At that time, the victim had refused and asked the defendant whether he chose the victim or his girlfriend in Sulawesi.

However, the defendant replied that he preferred his girlfriend. Then he told the victim to have their special relationship because no one knew the mate according to the defendant.

After the debate broke out, the defendant left the victim in the hotel room naked.

After the incident, the victim's family found out the chronology of the relationship between the two parties through the victim's statement. Because he did not accept it, the victim's family asked the defendant to be responsible for marrying the victim.

The victim's family threatened to take legal action if the defendant did not want to be responsible, briefly the story of the victim's family's communication with the defendant, the defendant felt pressured and the dongkol because he was always asked for responsibility.

In the indictment, due to economic conditions, the defendant was not ready and planned to kill because he felt deadlocked due to pressure to marry the victim.

Increasingly depressed, the defendant looked for a way to kill with the poison he was looking for on the google, then refused because he was afraid.

Until finally moving to office for about a month from Lanal Banjarmasin to Lanal Balikpapan, the defendant was urged to be responsible and accused of escaping from responsibility and becoming increasingly difficult to contact.

The more pressed, the defendant re-planned the murder, then called the victim and said why he recorded it while in the hotel room, as if he felt trapped. The defendant's intention was to kill and finally download it on Google how to eliminate evidence and traces when killing.

Even though his colleague had banned him and he was responsible for marrying the victim, the defendant still with his intention to kill because he did not love the victim.

Until finally the victim and the defendant met on the day of the incident on Saturday (22/3), the defendant arrived in Banjarbaru and picked up the victim using a rental car. On that day, the defendant killed the victim on Jalan Trans Gunung Kupang, Cempaka Village, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru City, and the body was found by residents at around 15.00 WITA.

In the inaugural trial, the panel of judges at the Military Court (Dilmil) I-06 Banjarmasin examined six witnesses out of a total of 11 witnesses, five other witnesses along with other evidence will be examined on Thursday (8/5).

It is known, the victim named Juwita (23) works as a media journalist on a local network (online) in Banjarbaru and has pocketed a journalist competency test (UKW) with the qualifications of young journalists.

His body lay on the side of the road with his motorbike which then appeared to be a single accident victim.

Residents who found it for the first time did not see any signs of the victim having a traffic accident. In the neck of the victim there were a number of bruises, and the victim's relatives also said that Juwita's cellphone was not found at the location.