ASN Rejang Lebong Person Involved In Murder At Dewa Well Threatened With 15 Years In Prison

The Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Pol Anuardi (in the middle) when delivering a release at the Bengkulu Police Headquarters. Wednesday (13/11/2024) (ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari)

The Bengkulu Police said that the suspect in the murder case that occurred in Sumur Dewa Village, DG (56) some time ago, was threatened with 15 years in prison.

Suspect DG, a resident of Bermani Ulu Raya Subdistrict, is an active civil servant (PNS) in the Rejang Lebong Regency Government (Pemkab).

"On November 8, 2024, there were suspects who surrendered to the Bengkulu Police and were processed by the Jatanras Motive unit as well as allegations of involvement of other parties in this case. Now the suspect has been named a suspect by the Jatanras investigators of the Bengkulu Police," said Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Anuardi at the Bengkulu Police Headquarters, Antara, Wednesday, November 14.

DG is entangled in Article 338 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Meanwhile, the Head of Sub-Directorate for Jatanras of the Bengkulu Police, Kompol Ahmad Musrin, said that based on the results of the investigation carried out by the suspect, his actions were not assisted by anyone.

"For this suspect himself, based on the confession of the suspect DG during an examination, he went to Bengkulu to vacation with his son because his son returned from abroad, but while taking the land down payment given to the victim to buy land because the land purchased was not owned," said Ahmad.

The chronology of the murder incident began when the victim wanted to take a down payment that had previously been paid for the purpose of paying for land belonging to the victim's husband.

"The case began with the victim and the suspect agreeing to buy and sell land in the Tempuh Plateau, but after the down payment of Rp. 80 million, the suspect wanted to clean up the land, but something was blocking him, he said this land belonged to him because it had no clarity, the victim made an appointment with the suspect to meet at the victim's child's house in Sumur Dewa Village," he said.

After holding the meeting, there was a dispute that the victim died, and after the stabbing, DG surrendered to the Bengkulu Police.

"The suspect was involved in a verbal altercation until when he got emotional and stabbed a knife into the victim's left chest as many as three stabs and surrendered himself to the picket officer and told about the bloody incident until the case was taken over by the Jatanras unit of the Bengkulu Police," he said.