Police Shooting Of SMKN 4 Semarang Students Not Yet A Suspect, Immediately Ethics Trial

Central Java Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Agus Suryonugroho (right) and Semarang Police Chief Kombes Irwan Anwar while giving a press statement in Semarang, Monday (2/12/2024). ANTARA/IC Senjaya

Central Java Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Agus Suryonugroho said Aipda R, the police who shot dead GRO, a student of SMKN 4 Semarang, was still under investigation.

"The examinee will soon undergo an ethics trial," said Agus Suryonugroho in Semarang as reported by ANTARA, Monday, December 2.

The Deputy Chief of Police ensured that the Central Java Police would not cover up the legal process against the Semarang Police Narcotics Unit member.

Brigadier General Agus said the handling of the case was under the supervision of Komnas HAM, Kompolnas, and the National Police Headquarters.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the Central Java Police, Kombes Artanto, explained that the process of the code of ethics and crime in the case would go hand in hand.

"The ethics and criminal process is parallel. The criminal process is still under investigation," he said.

According to him, if the evidence is considered sufficient, then his status as a suspect will be raised.

A class XI student at SMKN 4 Semarang City, with the initials GRO, was reported to have died allegedly from gunshot wounds to his body.

The resident of Kembangarum, Semarang City, was buried by his family in Sragen on Sunday (24/11) afternoon.

The police suspect that the victim was the perpetrator of an inter-gangster brawl that occurred around the Simongan area, West Semarang on Sunday morning.

The police, who tried to break up the inter-gangster brawl, were forced to defend themselves by firing firearms.

As for Aipda R, the police suspected of carrying out the shooting have now been detained and undergoing legal proceedings.

Meanwhile, the GRO family itself has officially reported the alleged murder to the Central Java Regional Police.