Law Expert Kamaruddin's Evidentiary Value At The South Jakarta District Court Is Only Estimated, Not Equipped With Evidence

Kamaruddin Simanjuntak at the South Jakarta District Court (Photo: Jehan/VOI)

Trisakti University criminal law expert Abdul Fickar Hadjar assessed that Kamaruddin Simanjuntak's testimony in the trial of the alleged premeditated murder case with the defendant Bharada Richard " “ It's not a witness testimony, but an estimate of the witness," said Fickar when contacted by reporters on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. According to him, the context of testimony is something he sees, hears and feels himself. Meanwhile, Kamaruddin is considered only to convey information obtained from other people. " “ So if you hear indirectly (just what people say, ed), then it's just an estimate based on other people's statements. So it's not the testimony of the witness because it's not seen, it's not heard and it's not felt itself, but it's someone else's word,” he said. Therefore, Fickar asked the panel of judges to consider what Kamaruddin said at the trial. Moreover, information or testimony must be accompanied by supporting evidence. So, it can be accounted for. " “ That estimate has no evidentiary value if it is not supported by other evidence," said Fickar. Previously it was reported, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak admitted that he immediately carried out his own investigation with the help of several of his colleagues. A number of information obtained, turned out to be a fact. This was revealed by Kamaruddin when he was presented as a witness in the follow-up trial of the alleged premeditated murder of Brigadier J with the defendant Bharada E at the South Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, October 25. "But we have promised to protect their confidentiality," said Kamaruddin when asked by the prosecutor about the resource person. Kamaruddin admitted that he received information that the initial story of shooting was a premeditated murder that had been designed since Magelang. Kamaruddin also received information that Putri Candrawathi was the party who first teased Brigadier J. But Brigadier J refused and he chose to leave the house. Kamaruddin also admitted that there was information that told Ferdy Sambo and Putri a big fight in Magelang before the Head of the Propam Division went first to Jakarta. Even though he was being questioned by the judge, Kamaruddin did not want to explain the resource person. However, he also could not provide official evidence of all kinds of information.