JAKARTA - Former Head of Law Enforcement Unit of the Yogyakarta Police, Hariyadi, was tried for a case of alleged abuse that killed Darso (43), a resident of Mijen, Semarang City, Central Java.
The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Semarang City District Attorney Agus Arfiyanto said the alleged abuse that killed the victim in September 2024 began with a traffic accident that occurred in the city of Yogyakarta.
Regarding the accident, the defendant together with a number of members of the Yogyakarta Police Traffic Unit then went to the victim's house for investigation.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant then picked up the victim from his house to explain about the accident that occurred and was asked to show the rental car used during the incident.
The victim along with a number of police officers then stopped in the garden area around Jalan Purwosari Raya.
At that place, the defendant then questioned the victim regarding the previous traffic accident that occurred in Yogyakarta.
"The defendant then hit the victim's head using the sandals he was wearing," said Public Prosecutor Agus at a trial chaired by Chief Judge Setyo Yoga Siswantoro at the Semarang District Court, Tuesday, June 17, which was confiscated by Antara.
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In addition, the defendant also hit the victim's body and right hand. As a result, the victim fell before being helped and taken to the hospital.
To the defendant, said the prosecutor, the victim had a history of heart disease and asked for medicine
The victim, Darso, died after being taken by the defendant and several members of the Yogyakarta Police Traffic Unit to the hospital.
The prosecutor stated that police investigators had also conducted an exhumation to determine the cause of death of Darso's victim.
For his actions, the defendant was charged with Article 354 of the Criminal Code or Article 351 of the Criminal Code concerning persecution.
The defendant and his legal adviser said that they would not file an exception so that the trial would continue with a case examination.
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