Persecution Of Neighbors To Death, Residents Of Matarak Mataram Incite Arrested By Police

Police officers in a uniform are free to guard the alleged perpetrator of the persecution with the initials M (left) in an arrest in Mataram, NTB, Wednesday (26/3/2025). (ANTARA/HO-Polresta Mataram)

NTB - Mataram City Police (Polresta), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), arrested a man with the initials M, the alleged perpetrator of the persecution that resulted in the death toll.

"We picked him up at his house and now we have secured him," said Head of the Jatanras Unit of the Mataram Police Satreskrim Iptu Ahmad Taufik in Mataram, Wednesday, March 26, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the legal process against M now leads to alleged violations of Article 351 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code concerning persecution that resulted in the victim's death.

"According to Article 351 paragraph (3), the penalty is 7 years in prison," he said.

The victim whose identity was not identified was M's neighbor in Kekalik Gerisak, Sekarbela District, Mataram City.

The victim died after undergoing medical treatment for 10 days at the hospital. That starts when the incident of persecution occurred on Saturday, March 15 evening.

The alleged perpetrator said he was desperate to persecute him by hitting the victim in the head using hot iron for being accused of stealing chickens.

"The hot iron is usually used by residents to clean the tofu combustion stove," he said.

Before carrying out the persecution, the alleged perpetrator admitted that he was involved in an argument with the victim who accused him of stealing chickens.

After the incident, the victim and the alleged perpetrator agreed not to proceed with their problems to the realm of law. However, after learning that the victim died as a result of the incident, his family reported to the police.