Mahfud: Artidjo Alkostar Has Heart And Lung Disease

Menkopolhukam Mahfud MD (Photo: Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said the cause of Artidjo Alkostar's death was due to two illnesses.

"He died of heart and lung disease," said Mahfud when confirmed by reporters, Sunday, February 28.

However, other information, such as the location of the burial, has not yet been conveyed.

Artidjo Alkostar breathed his last at the age of 72, on Sunday, February 28.

Meanwhile, Artidjo Alkostar was born in Situbondo, May 22, 1948. He started his career since receiving a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) in 1976.

Since then, he has dedicated himself to being a lecturer at the same university and being an advocate at the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) from 1976-2000 until he was finally elected as Director of LBH Yogyakarta in 1989.

He also studied at the Law Faculty of Northwestern University Chicago and graduated in 2002. He continued his doctoral studies at Diponegoro University in Semarang and obtained his Doctor of Laws degree in 2007.

During his 14 years as Supreme Court Justice, Artidjo was also elected as Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court since 2014. Artijo retired from the Supreme Court on May 22, 2018, and has handled 19,483 cases throughout his career. In December 2019, Artidjo took an oath to become a member of the KPK Supervisory Board.