Police: Traces Of Australian Citizen Murder Starting From Barcode Palu

Badung Police Chief, Bali AKBP M. Arif Batubara (Between)

BADUNG - Badung Police stated that the traces of the three perpetrators of the murder of Australian foreigners at Vila Casa Santisya 1, Munggu Village, Badung Regency began with the discovery of a barcode or barcode listed on one of the evidences in the form of a hammer.

Badung Police Chief AKBP M. Arif Batubara in Badung, Saturday said the evidence found in front of the crime scene (TKP) was purchased by one of the three Australian foreigners who has now become a suspect at a shop in Badung.

"From the crime scene, the Opsnal team found a hammer at the entrance to the villa. Starting from there, we started an investigation related to the barcode on the hammer so that from the barcode we can see the location of the purchase and the buyer," said Arif.

After tracing related to the store address listed on the barcode, the Opsnal team headed to a shop on Jalan Pererenan, Badung Regency, Bali.

In the shop, the police found evidence of foreigners buying goods in the form of a large hammer which has now been secured by the police.

His face was caught on a CCTV camera at the shop.

"We are investigating who the buyer is. From the CCTV of the shop, it can be seen that someone bought a hammer so that we traced one person. But the search was not randomly monotonous," he said.

However, the traces of the three suspected perpetrators had disappeared at Simpang Tiying Tutul, Pererenan, Badung.

The Badung Police Chief did not explain in detail the evidence after that until finally he was able to arrest the three suspected perpetrators.

The alleged perpetrators are Tupou Pasa Midolmore (27), Coskunmevlut (23), andegory Francesco Jenson (37).

The three have been named as suspects, charged with multiple articles, namely Article 340 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) concerning premeditated murder, Article 338 of the Criminal Code concerning murder, Article 351 paragraph (3) and the Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951.

In addition, the three were charged with Article 372 of the Criminal Code concerning Embezzlement.