Revocation Of Suspect Status Hasya Athallah Considered To Give Justice To The Victim's Family

Reconstruction of the accident case of Hasya Athallah, a UI student who was named a suspect even though he was run over by a retired police car/ Photo: Jehan/ VOI

JAKARTA - The decision of the Polda Metro Jaya to revoke the suspect status of a UI student, Hasya Athallah, has received attention from a number of parties. Executive Director of the Indonesian Police Strategic Studies Institute (Lemkapi) Dr Edi Hasibuan welcomed the decision. According to him, what the Polda Metro Jaya did in the Hasya Athallah case was considered to fulfill a sense of justice for the families of the victims.

"The decision also gives a sense of justice to the community. We see the National Police Chief General Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo and Polda Metro Jaya have responded to public input," said Edi quoting Antara, Tuesday, February 7.

According to him, the revocation of the suspect's status was based on the recommendations of the evaluation and monitoring team as well as analysis from the Polda Metro Jaya.

"This team when carrying out reconstruction found new evidence in the case of the UI student accident," he said.

According to him, with the new evidence, the status of the retired police officer involved in the accident with the victim has changed from witness to suspect.

"If legal facts are found, there is a procedural error committed by accident investigators, we hope that the Metro Jaya Police Chief will impose clear legal sanctions against the investigator's unprofessionalism," said the Bhayangkara University academic in Jakarta.

With the revocation of suspect status, Polda Metro Jaya carried out rehabilitation in accordance with the Regulation of the Head of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Number 1 of 2022 concerning Standard Procedures for Criminal Investigation.

The accident that occurred on Srengseng Sawah Street, South Jakarta, October 6, 2022 involved UI student M Hasya Attalah Syahputra who was riding a motorcycle and a Pajero car driver driven by retired Police officer, Eko Setio Budi Wahono.

Hasya who died was named a suspect due to negligence. Meanwhile, the car driver became a witness.

This case has drawn public polemic because the death toll has become a suspect.

Polda Metro Jaya then carried out a reconstruction on February 2, 2023 so that the status of the suspect was revoked.