Suspect In The Death Of Brigadier Esco Jalani Pretrial Session, Asks For Investigation To Be Stopped

The atmosphere of the pretrial hearing of the suspect in the death of Brigadier Esco at the Mataram District Court, Friday (7/11/2025). (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

The Mataram District Court, West Nusa Tenggara held a pretrial hearing of two suspects in the case of the death of Brigadier Esco Faska Rely, namely Saiun and Nuraini who are still relatives of the wife of the deceased, Brigadier Rizka Sintiani.

In the pretrial hearing chaired by the sole judge Dian Wijayanti, the two suspects sued the attitude of police investigators who were not transparent in naming Saiun and Nuraini as suspects.

The two suspects, through their attorneys, Lalu Aria Sukma Gunawan, explained the basis for the pretrial filing in the inaugural trial.

"We want investigators here to be open," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 7.

The attorney revealed that there were acts of intimidation and pressure on his client during the police investigator examination process that affected the suspect's psychology.

"So, an investigator threatened to shoot my client if he didn't admit his actions (in a row and kill Esco)," said Lalu Aria.

Saiun experienced this intimidation. He also responded by challenging investigators to carry out his intention again.

"Please just shoot the commander, because I (Saiun) have never taken this action," he said, imitating his client's sentence in front of a single judge.

After the trial, Lalu Aria continued that the statement of the action had clearly violated the provisions of the rule of law.

"This is strange. acts of intimidation or coercion are not allowed in the rules, both the Criminal Procedure Code and the National Police Chief (Kapolri Regulation)," said Lalu Aria.

If investigators are sure about pocketing at least two pieces of evidence, he said, why should the act of intimidation be carried out?

In addition, the pretrial material was also conveyed regarding the application of criminal articles applied to his client, just like Brigadier Rizka.

The criminal article is related to acts of the Domestic Violence (KDRT) which have developed to Article 340 of the Criminal Code regarding premeditated murder, Article 338 of the Criminal Code concerning murder and Article 221 concerning obstructing the investigation process in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

"The application of the article is very different from the initial investigation. In fact, our clients have never helped or taken other actions that led to murder," he said.

Not only that, there are also investigators developing issues regarding their clients who are accused of watering the face of Brigadier Esco using hard water. He asked for the criminal suspicion to be clarified in the investigation process.

"If the police can prove that, go ahead," he said.

Therefore, this pretrial is one of the legal steps taken by the two suspects to see the criminal acts alleged by investigators.

"Through this pretrial, we ask the judge to cancel and declare it invalid for our client to be named a suspect," he said.

The two suspects in the application material also asked the judge to order the respondent to the West Lombok Police and the NTB Police to stop the investigation process.

"We also ask through the judge at the Mataram District Court to release our client from detention and restore his rights, positions and dignity as usual," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the West Lombok Police Satreskrim, AKP Lalu Eka Arya Mardiwinata, who was met after the trial, was reluctant to comment.

"We have all submitted it to the NTB Regional Police Bidkum regarding this process," he said.