Six Attackers Of The West Papua Maybrat Koramil Post Who Killed Four TNI Are Tried In Makassar

The Sorong District Attorney's team carries six suspects in the attack on the Kisor Koramil Post, Kodim 1809/Maybrat from Sorong to Makassar using an airplane, in Sorong, West Papua, Friday. ANTARA/HO-Sorong State Attorney

SORONG - Six suspects in the attack on the Kisor Koramil Post, Kodim 1809/Maybrat, West Papua, which killed four personnel from the Kodim 1809/Maybrat on September 2, 2021, were officially tried in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Sorong District Attorney's Office, I Putu Sastra Adi Wicaksana, in Sorong, Friday, December 31, said that six suspects had been flown under strict escort from Sorong to Makassar.

According to him, the six suspects in the attack on the Kisor Koramil Post, Kodim 1809/Maybrat West Papua, are currently being held in the South Sulawesi Regional Police detention room awaiting trial at the Makassar Court, which is currently in process.

He said that according to the case files handed over by South Sorong Police investigators, the six suspects were suspected of violating primary article 340 in conjunction with article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.

While the subsidiary article 338 in conjunction with article 55 paragraph (1) 1st Criminal Code. Second article 170 paragraph (2) 3rd and third article 353 paragraph 3 in conjunction with article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

The six suspects were charged with multiple layers of articles because of their strong suspicion of attacking the Kisor Koramil Post of Kodim 1809/Maybrat and killing four soldiers in a premeditated plan by the suspects.

"The trial process for the six suspects in the attack on the TNI post in West Papua Maybrat was tried in Makassar for security reasons," he said as quoted by Antara.