Police Grand Commissioner Budhi Herdi Susianto's Track Record, Deactivated By National Police Chief Due To Brigadier J's Case

Deactivated South Jakarta Police Chief Grand Commissioner Budhi Susianto (center). (Muhamad Jehan-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Head of the South Jakarta Police (South Jakarta) Police Commissioner (Grand Commissioner) Budhi Herdi Susianto, has been deactivated in the aftermath of the police shooting at the house of Propam Division Head, Inspector General Pol Ferdy Sambo, at the Duren Tiga Police Complex, Pancoran, South Jakarta.

The Head of the National Police Public Relations Division, Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo, explained that the reason for releasing Budhi was to maintain transparency and objectivity of the special team formed by the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo related to the shooting of two members of the Police Mobile Brigade, namely Bharada E and Brigadier J.

"This Special Team continues to work in order to maintain effectiveness, transparency, independence, and must really maintain that dignity in accordance with the commitment of the National Police Chief," said Inspector General Dedi at a press conference, Wednesday, July 20, evening.

So, who exactly is the figure of Grand Commissioner Budhi Herdi Susianto? Grand Commissioner Budhi Herdi Susianto is a mid-level officer who was born on December 16, 1974.

Budhi graduated from Taruna Nusantara Senior High School Magelang in 1993. He then continued his education at the Police Academy (Akpol) until 1996.

Not satisfied with police education, Budhi returned to study at PTIK, Sespim, and Sespimti, finishing in 2021 with the title of the best graduate

Budhi is experienced in the field of investigation. He was once Head of Criminal Investigation at the Tangerang Metro Police in 2009, then Head of Unit IV Sat II Harda (Bangtah) of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Metro Jaya Police.

He then served as the Head of the Tanjung Priok Police, North Jakarta in 2010.

Budhi was then trusted to be an element of supervisor and assistant leadership at Police Headquarters. Budhi was asked to serve as the Head of Subsection for Gasus Dagrii SSDM of the Police and then Head of Subsection of Mutjabpama of SSDM of the Police.

Budhi was then promoted to the position of Kediri Police Chief, East Java Police for the period 2013-2014, and Mojokerto Police Chief for East Java Police in 2014-2016.

His name was increasingly recognized when he served as the North Jakarta Metro Police Chief in 2019-2020, after being withdrawn at the National Police Headquarters as the Head of Subsection for Mutjabpamenti Robinkar SSDM Polri and Main Assessor for Bagpencompetent Robinkar SSDM Polri.

In 2020, Budi got an assignment at the Criminal Investigation Department. He is again wrestling in the investigation world, serving as Head of Sub-Directorate I of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit and Middle Policy Analyst for the Criminal Investigation Division of the Police from 2020 to 2021.

Budhi was then trusted to serve as the South Jakarta Metro Police Chief since December 17, 2021.

Grand Commissioner Pol Budhi Herdi Susianto in the Case of the Death of Brigadier J

In the case of a shootout that occurred on Friday, July 8 afternoon, Budhi said that the shootout began with the screams of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo's wife who was suspected of being harassed by Brigadier J alias Brigadier Nopryansah Yosua Hutabara.

Bharada E, who was also at Inspector General Ferdy Sambo's house, looked for the source of the screams. When approached, it turned out that Brigadier J was found in front of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo's wife's room. Until finally, Brigadier J died from being shot.

However, Budhi was reluctant to explain in more detail the form of harassment allegedly carried out by Brigadier J.

"When we carried out the crime scene investigation, we found someone lying covered in blood near the stairs going up to the exact direction of entering the bathroom under the stairs," said South Jakarta Police Chief Budhi Herdi Susianto at a press conference at the South Jakarta Police Headquarters, Tuesday 12 July.

Budhi also said that the decoder of the surveillance camera or CCTV at Inspector General Ferdy Sambo was damaged. Therefore, he said, the CCTV at the house of the two-star National Police official did not function at all.

However, when asked about the number of CCTV cameras installed at Inspector General Ferdy Sambo's house, Budhi could not confirm it. "The [CCTV] in the house [died]," he said.

On a different occasion, Budhi clarified that the CCTV around the house of Inspector General Pol Ferdy Sambo at the Duren Tiga Police Complex had been replaced by the National Police, the day after the shootout case.

According to Budhi, the change was only limited to the decoder without CCTV installed. However, Budhi agreed that the CCTV at the security post was also confiscated by investigators who later replaced it with a new one.

Budhi responded to the words of the head of the RT at the home complex of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo, Seno Sukarto. The ex-Kapolda in Sumatra admitted that he was furious at not receiving any information, which he eventually learned that the Police had replaced the CCTV at the Duren Tiga Police Complex.

"Perhaps what is meant by the environmental CCTV decoder that is in the post. Because the old one was confiscated by investigators. In order to continue operating, it will be replaced with a new one," said Budhi when he was confirmed, Wednesday, July 13.

In the development of the disclosure of the shootout case, the National Police finally deactivated the Head of the Profession and Security Division of the National Police Inspector General Ferdy Sambo on Monday, July 18, night.

However, Brigadier J's family is not satisfied with asking the National Police Chief to release the South Jakarta Police Chief Grand Commissioner Pol Budhi Herdi Susianto and the Head of Internal Security Bureau of Profession and Security Division, Brigadier General Hendra Kurniawan.

The attorney for Brigadier J's family, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, said that Budhi should be removed because he felt that revealing this criminal case was not in accordance with the procedure.

According to him, Budhi was also impressed with the fabrication of the developing stories.

"In addition, when conducting the crime scene, we did not involve Inafis, did not install a police line. The murder was already there, why were all procedures violated," said Kamaruddin in Jakarta on Tuesday, July 19.