Forensic Psychologist Says Mutilation Perpetrators In Bekasi Could Not Be Sentenced

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JAKARTA - The mutilation case that occurred in Bekasi, West Java was finally revealed by police investigators. The factor of heartache was the cause of the RS victim (28) being mutilated by his own colleague with the initials FM (20), MAP (29) and ER (DPO).

The perpetrators carried out a premeditated murder. They invited the victims of the drug party first so that the perpetrators could easily kill the victims' lives.

The motive for the hurt emerged when the victim insulted the suspect FM and his wife. The perpetrators then dismembered RS's body into 10 parts and dumped it in three separate places to eliminate traces. The bodies of the victims were dumped in Tanjung Pura Karawang, North Cikarang and Kedung Waringin, Bekasi Regency.

Responding to the mutilation crime, Forensic Psychology Expert Reza Indragiri Amriel said that the perpetrator's actions were cruel because they were insulted by the perpetrator and his wife was molested. It is very possible that if the incident actually happened, the perpetrator would feel such intense mental pressure and anger.

Mental stress, he continued, can be compared to an extraordinary mental shock as stated in Article 49 paragraph 2.

On the basis of the article, even Reza thought that the judge could be convinced by not imposing a criminal sentence on the perpetrator.

"However, it is necessary to check when the obscenity and humiliation took place. If the time difference is long, it will be difficult to convince the judge with the claim of great mental shock," said Reza, Monday, November 29.

As for the contents of Article 49 paragraph 1, namely, not being punished, whoever commits an act of forced defense for himself or for another person, moral honor or property for himself or for another person, because there is an attack or threat of attack that is very close and against the law on at that time.

He continued, the perpetrator's claim could not be sentenced to be synonymous with Extreme Emotional Disturbance Defense (EEDD). However, he explained, there are 2 conditions that must be met in order for the EEDD to be granted by the judge.

First, the perpetrator's actions were entirely triggered by external factors launched by people who were then killed.

"Secondly, there is no time gap or even a very short time gap between the events that provoke (insults, obscenity) and the act of murder," he said.