TERNATE - Investigators from the Ternate Resort Police (Polres) of North Maluku (Malut) are serious about revealing a case of persecution in the Sultanate of Ternate by examining one of the witnesses initials R related to the stabbing case against Zulkifli Marsaoly.

"We will continue to investigate the stabbing case in the chaos in Kedaton, which resulted in one person having to receive medical treatment at the hospital," Ternate Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Andik Purnomo Sigit said, quoted by Antara, Friday, April 1.

He said, as a manifestation of the commitment of the Police to be neutral and act professionally, the Ternate Police again conducted an examination of the witness with the initials R.

"R's investigation is because he is suspected of being involved in a case of abuse at the back door of the sultanate palace," said Wahyuddin.

The chaos involved two strongholds of the Sultan's extended family and their supporters and the victim of the stabbing was Fala Raha's version of Jogugu, Zulkifli Marsaoly.

The Ternate Police even arrested the perpetrator of the persecution and stabbing of a traditional member of the Falaraha Sultanate of Ternate named Zulkifli Marsaoly at the entrance to the Kedaton of the Ternate Sultanate on Tuesday (29/3).

"The perpetrator of the stabbing has the initials ASM and is currently in custody," said the Police Chief.

He said that there were beatings and torture allegedly by unknown persons against the victim on behalf of Zulkifli Marsaoly.

This case of beatings and mistreatment took place on Tuesday (29/3) at the back door of the Ternate sultanate pendoko, when the victim and his colleagues were trying to enter the Kedaton of the Ternate Sultanate.

According to the Police Chief, in this case, four witnesses have been examined, then there are two whistleblowers who have been examined in this incident and the Ternate Police will carry out law enforcement as directed by the North Maluku Police Chief Inspector General Risyapudin Nursin.

"Of course, the police are not siding with the two internal camps of the Ternate Sultanate and we enforce the law as ordered," said the Chief of Police when accompanied by Head of Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Siad Aslan and PS Head of Public Relations of the Ternate Police.

Andik admits that in this case, the perpetrator is the sole, based on other evidence when it happened at the TKP showing that ASM was the perpetrator when he assaulted the victim and has now been secured at the Ternate Police.


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