Prabowo Hands Over His Volunteer Shooting Case In Sampang To Police

Photo Prabowo Subianto (Between)

Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto handed over the shooting case to his supporting volunteers to the police. "This has been investigated by the police. We will see later the results of the investigation. I think that," he said during a visit in Banda Aceh, Tuesday, December 26. Prabowo said the victim's condition was stable after receiving treatment at the hospital. He believes the motive for the attack will be easier to reveal once the victim's condition recovers. "This is certainly something that hopefully a motive will be found as soon as possible," he said.

Previously, the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Kombes Pol. Dirmanto said that until now his party had examined 11 witnesses related to the shooting of Murah (48), a community figure in Sampang Regency who was carried out by an unknown person. "Until now, 11 people have been examined as witnesses," said Dirmanto in Surabaya, Tuesday (26/12).

He conveyed that until now a special team from Jatanras Ditreskrimum, seven East Java Police Labfor officers and together with members of the Sampang Resort Police are working hard to investigate to uncover this shooting case. "Ask for prayers, hopefully this case will be revealed soon," he said. On that occasion, Dirmanto emphasized that this shooting case was not related to politics even though the victim was a volunteer pair for the Presidential Candidate and Vice Presidential Candidate 02 Prabowo-Gibran.

The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia on Monday, November 13, 2023, determined three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres). The results of the draw and determination of the serial numbers for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3. KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule on February 14, 2024.