Brigadier J's Family Lawyer Says Police Accepted Request For Official Funeral

The family of the late Police Brigadier Yoshua Hutabarat at Sungai Bahar TPU Unit 1, Muaro Jambi Regency, Jambi Province, before the tomb was dismantled, Wednesday. ANTARA/Nanang Mairiadi

JAKARTA - The National Police has fulfilled the family's request to bury Nopryansah Yosua Hutabarat alias Brigadier J on an official basis. The body will be buried after the autopsy is complete.

"It has just been confirmed by the police chief that finally the funeral was carried out on an official basis," said Brigadier J's family lawyer, Johnson Panjaitan in a statement, Wednesday, July 27.

Currently, various preparations are being carried out. Including, the chest that will be Brigadier J's final resting place.

Johnson also thanked all parties who supported the thorough investigation of the Brigadier J case. One of them was President Joko Widodo.

"Thank you for the support of all the people, the Commander of the TNI, the President and the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. Please continue to pray for this to be uncovered, so that justice can be served, so that the truth can be revealed," said Johnson.

Brigadier J's family asked the National Police to hold an honorable or official funeral procession after the re-autopsy process. Because Brigadier J is a member of the Bhayangkara Corps.

The official funeral request was intended as a last respect. Moreover, at the previous funeral there was also no official funeral procession.

"The family asked the police, represented by the Head of the Public Relations Division of the Police, the Dirtipidum of the National Police Headquarters and the Kapolda and his staff to honorably bury Brigadier J's body," said Johnson.

The Police carried out an exhumation and re-autopsy on Brigadier J's body. This was done because there was a request from the family who believed that there was an element of premeditated murder behind the case.

The autopsy process on Brigadier J's body will be carried out at the Sungai Bahar Regional General Hospital (RSUD), Muaro Jambi.