MPR Asks Police To Completely Investigate The Murder Of Retired TNI Lieutenant Colonel Mubin In Lembang Bandung

MPR Chairman Bambang Soesatyo (ANTARA/HO-Doc Bamsoet)

JAKARTA - MPR Chairman Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) asked the National Police to thoroughly investigate the murder case of TNI Lieutenant Colonel Inf (Ret.) Muhammad Mubin in Lembang, West Bandung Regency, West Java.

"I encourage the murder case of TNI Lieutenant Colonel Inf (Ret.) Muhammad Mubin to be thoroughly investigated by the West Java Regional Police. Regardless of the status of the deceased as a retired TNI soldier, because the act of murder on any basis is not justified by law. The perpetrators must receive appropriate punishment before the law," he said. Bambang Soesatyo in his statement was quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 23.

He considered that law enforcement steps are very important so that no party will arbitrarily commit acts of violence against other people, especially to the point of taking someone's life.

According to Bamsoet, regardless of the problems faced, the act of taking vigilante action especially leading to violence using sharp weapons is not justified by law.

Bamsoet said the General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the West Java Police who handled the case had found surprising facts because there were a number of lies made by witnesses when giving statements in previous investigations.

"Therefore, the police who initially applied the threat of punishment of Article 351 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code to ensnare the suspect on behalf of Hendri Hernando alias Aseng, with the threat of imprisonment for 7 years, has now been changed to Article 351 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Articles 338 and 340 with the threat of imprisonment. for life," he said.

The chairman of the MPR explained that the West Java Regional Police's hard work in investigating the case must be supported by all parties so that there should be no provocation or other actions that come from various parties that would actually be a contradiction to the law enforcement efforts being carried out by the police.

Bamsoet asked the public to trust the police in handling the case while continuously monitoring the progress of the case to the court.

"We support the police to move quickly and precisely so that the perpetrators can get the punishment they deserve for their actions," he said.