JAKARTA - Two relatives of Brigadier Rizka Sintiani submitted a pretrial to the Mataram District Court (PN), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), regarding the steps taken by police investigators to determine them as additional suspects in the alleged murder case of Brigadier Esco Faska Rely.

Mataram District Court Spokesperson Lalu Moh. Sandi Iramaya said the court had followed up on the pretrial filing on behalf of the applicants Saiun and Nuraini.

"Yes, that's right. The pretrial on behalf of Saiun and Nuraini will be tried on Friday, October 31, 2025," he said in Mataram, Wednesday, was confiscated by Antara.

The head of the Mataram District Court has also determined the sole judge who will hear the pretrial case.

"Dian Wicayanti's single judge," he added.

Meanwhile, Siaun and Nuraini through their attorney, Lalu Arya, also confirmed the pretrial submission.

"Just this morning we registered it with the court," said Lalu Arya.

He conveyed that the basis for the submission was related to whether or not the determination of the status of suspects against Saiun and Nuraini was legalized by the West Lombok Resort Police (Polres) investigators.

"The reason we submitted the pretrial is because academically it must be tested whether or not the suspect's status is valid. During the examination, we were never shown relevant evidence for our client, but suddenly he was named a suspect," he said.

He also highlighted the attitude of investigators who had never explained in detail and the role of their two clients as suspects.

In fact, both of his clients admitted that they were not involved in the case, especially as Mr. X, who appeared during the reconstruction on Monday, September 29, at the house where Brigadier Rizka and his two children had been in.

The Head of Legal Affairs for the NTB Regional Police, Police Commissioner Abdul Azas Siagian, responded to this pretrial filing, stating that he was ready to face legal remedies that belonged to the suspect.

"Yes, we will prepare a team. The first step, we will conduct an internal audit first to examine the entire investigation process. After that, we will prepare an answer to the petition submitted by the applicant," said Azas.

Saiun and Nuraini are two of the four additional suspects named by police investigators after seeing new facts from the results of the reconstruction.

The police have named Saiun and Nuraini along with two other suspects who are still relatives with Brigadier Rizka, with the initials PA and DR.

In determining them as suspects, investigators apply Article 340 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 338 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code or Article 56 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and/or Article 221 of the Criminal Code regarding the act of obstructing investigation (obstruction of justice).

Now the four suspects together with Brigadier Rizka who is the first suspect in this case have been detained by investigators.


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