Because It Was Not Directly Investigated, MAKI Files Pretrial For The Calo Case Which Dragged 5 Central Java Police

The attorney for the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Court (MAKI), Utomo Kurniawan, after registering a case at the Semarang District Court, Tuesday/ANTARA

SEMARANG - The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) has sued the Central Java Police regarding the handling of the case of five police officers for the 2022 Police Officers' admission. MAKI's attorney, Utomo Kurniawan, said that this non-governmental organization together with the Indonesian Law Enforcement Supervisory and Guard Agency (LP3HI) questioned the handling of cases that were not immediately investigated after the implementation of a hand arrest operation by the Police Propam Division. "The incident occurred between June and July 2022, but an investigation was not carried out immediately. This is tantamount to the termination of an illegal investigation," he said when registering the lawsuit with the Semarang District Court, Antara, Tuesday, March 21. This pretrial lawsuit is an attempt to ensure that the legal process against the five police officers is actually carried out. In addition, according to him, the criminal acts committed are included in the category of bribery, gratification, or illegal levies. "If it is a bribe, then the bribe must also be processed. If it is proven, then the non-commissioned officer who has passed must be crossed out," he said. Separately, a spokesman for the Semarang District Court, Kukuh Subyakto, confirmed that the pretrial lawsuit had been registered. "Just waiting for the chairman of the District Court to appoint a single judge who will try and determine the schedule for the trial," he said. Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the Central Java Police, Kombes Iqbal Alqudusy, previously said that the five police officers who received the NCO were also criminally processed. The handling of the case, he said, was carried out by the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police. Five police officers, respectively Commissioner AR, Kompol KN, AKP CS, Bripka Z and Brigadier EW, have been proven to have violated the Police Professional Code of Ethics. Three policemen, each Commissioner AR, Kompol KN and AKP CS were sentenced to two years of demotion The other two perpetrators, respectively Bripka Z and Brigadier EW, were sentenced to be placed in special places for 21 days and 31 days, respectively. In their actions, these individuals obtained money collected from the parents of prospective non-commissioned officers with a total amount of Rp. 9 billion. Regarding this case, the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo previously ordered to give punishment in the form of dishonorable dismissal or criminal proceedings against the five police officers.