The police have named four security officers of PT. Bumi Mekar Hijau (BMH) in Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, as suspects in the murder of a local resident whose body was buried with heavy equipment.
Director of the General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Sumatra Police, Kombes Anwar Reksowidjojo, said the four security officers were Sutrisno (39), Supriadi (42), Andikha (38), and Iwan (36), residents of Sungai Wins Village, OKI Regency.
The four are security officers of PT. BMH was assigned to guard the Camp District or the company's heavy equipment shelter in Sungai Winang Village.
"The four of them were named suspects by the OKI Police Satreskrim Investigators regarding the murder case of a resident of Karangsia Village," he told reporters in Palembang, Antara, Thursday, October 10.
He explained that the determination of the suspect's status was carried out by the OKI Police Satreskrim investigators after examining several heavy equipment operators of PT.BMH as witnesses.
The witness examination was carried out because the police received reports from residents that the body of a resident of Karangsia Village, named Romli (44) was buried in a mud puddle around the location of the Camp District of heavy equipment PT.BMH, Sungai Wins Village, OKI, last Wednesday.
He said, from the results of the examination of the witnesses, investigators obtained information that Romli was a murder victim by the security officers of the Camp District.
" “ Yes, so, the witness stated, the murder took place on Friday, October 28, 2022 and was carried out by suspects who fled to West Java," he said.
With information from witnesses, the OKI Police Satreskrim investigators asked for assistance from personnel from Sub-Directorate III Jatanras Direskrimum South Sumatra Police to pursue the suspect.
The suspect was arrested in Cikondok Village, West Karawang and Bekasi City, West Java Province, November 6 and 7, 2022, then the suspect was taken to the South Sumatra Police, ” he said, accompanied by the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the OKI Police AKP Jatrat Tunggal RW and the Head of Sub-Directorate III Jatanras Polda South Sumatra Kompol Agus Prihardinika.
Anwar said, to investigators, the suspects admitted that they were desperate to kill the victim Romli in a sadistic way because he was upset, because he asked for a diesel oil ration for heavy equipment vehicles of five drums with a capacity of 35 liters by force.
The murder was carried out by the suspect Sutrisno by firing his homemade revolver three times at the victim Romli's chest.
Then, followed by suspects Andikha, Supriadi and Iwan who slashed machetes and spears into the neck and waist until the victim died.
“ Then the suspects forced helpers to bury the victim's body using heavy equipment, then they fled and the homemade firearms were thrown them into the river, ” he added.
The police managed to confiscate evidence in the form of a ketek boat belonging to the suspect, two units of heavy excavator vehicle used to bury the victim's body, and clothes belonging to the victim.
For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 340 of the Criminal Code or Article 338 of the Criminal Code, Article 170 of the Criminal Code paragraph (3) concerning the criminal act of premeditated murder with the threat of life imprisonment.
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