Police Arrest Perpetrators Of Student Murder In Malang City

Kasatreskrim Malang City Police Commissioner Danang Yudanto.ANTARA HO

Malang City Police (Polresta) arrested a man with the initials HA (19) suspected of killing a student studying at a well-known university in Malang City, East Java in 2022.

Kasatreskrim Malang City Police Commissioner Danang Yudanto said that it took a long time to uncover the murder case because there was a lack of evidence. "We arrested a single perpetrator at this time aged 19, when he was 17 years and 9 months. We need to do an in-depth investigation because witnesses are minimal and evidence is also minimal," said Danang as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 13. Kelurahan Sumbersari, Kecamatan Lowokwaru, Kota Malang tersebut ditangkap pada tanggal 9 Mei 2024 usai pihak kepolisian menemukan saksi baru dalam peristiwa pembunuhan yang terjadi pada tanggal 22 Desember 2022.Menurut dia, keberadaan saksi baru tersebut bisa mengidentifikasi ritik-terangan pelaku yang ditunjukkan oleh petugas dari perangkap layar rekam kam pengawas (CCTV). Keterangan saksi tersebut, juga disesuaikan dengan saksi lain yang ada di sekitar tempat kejadian perkara (TKP)." Ada persuaikan with the testimony of witnesses and clues. The perpetrator finally admitted his actions and we did pre-reconstruction," he said. Chronology of the murder of the 17-year-old student with the initials DAL, he continued, the suspect left his colleague's house and said goodbye to buy cigarettes. However, the perpetrator came to him at approximately 01.00 WIB, he continued, the suspect left his colleague's house and said goodbye to buy cigarettes. The boarding house on Jalan Sumbersari Gang 5C. "The suspect understood and knew the condition of the boarding house because he had a relationship with the owner of the boarding house," he said. The suspect then went to the kitchen at the boarding house which was on the second floor and took a knife. The suspect then went down and went to the boarding house number 6. However, it was locked so he switched to boarding house number 4, where the victim lived. "The suspect shifted and found the boarding house number 4 occupied by the victim in a condition of not being in a condition. "It was locked," he said. When entering room number 4, said Kompol Danang, at that time the victim was sleeping, then woke up because a suspect had entered. Knowing that the victim woke up, the suspect then smothered the victim and stabbed the victim's right and left chest with a kitchen knife. After the murder, the suspect went to the bathroom and washed the knife used. The suspect also returned the knife to the kitchen of the boarding house. To eliminate traces, the perpetrator also damaged the camera The supervisor also damaged the CCTV camera of the boarding house, then threw it in a garbage cart near the crime scene. The perpetrator took the victim's cell phone, then sold it for IDR 570 thousand," he said.

Atas perbuatannya, tersangka dijerat dengan Pasal 340 KUHP subsider Pasal 338 KUHP atau Pasal 365 ayat (3) KUHP atau Pasal 76 CjunctoPasal 80 ayat (3) Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2014 dengan ancaman hukuman mati atau pidana penjara maksimal 20 tahun.Dalam kasus tersebut, polisi juga menetapkan AK (48), warga Kelurahan Jodipan Kecamatan Blimbing selaku pembeli telepon genggam milik korban sebagai tersangka penadah. AK dijerat dengan Pasal 480 KUHP dengan ancaman hukuman 4 tahun penjara."Kami tegaskan kembali, meski kejadian pembunuhan ini sudah lama, bukan berarti kami melupakan. Kami tetap lakukan penyelidikan dan pendalaman," kata Danang.