MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police (NTB) has revealed the motive of the perpetrator with the initials BP to kill the biological mother with the initials YRA by burning and dumping her body on the side of the Batu Leong road, West Lombok Regency.
"So, the perpetrator felt hurt because he asked his mother for money, but his mother did not give it, so he was hurt and committed the murder," said Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Mohammad Kholid, in a press conference reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 27.
Kholid explained that the money requested by the perpetrator to the deceased was Rp. 39 million.
"(Money) Rp39 million was asked to pay off debts," he said.
From the results of the examination, continued Kholid, the investigators of Subdit III Jatanras Reskrimum Polda NTB have named the perpetrator as a suspect and detained him. Investigators in this case apply Article 458 paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code and/or Article 459 of the Criminal Code.
Kholid explained that Article 458 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code regulates that a person who intentionally takes another person's life can be sentenced to a maximum of 16 years in prison.
"For paragraph 2, it regulates the criminal act of taking the life of a mother, father, husband, wife, or biological child, then it can be punished by adding one-third of the threat of punishment in paragraph 1," said Kholid.
Furthermore, he said that Article 459 of the Criminal Code is related to the criminal rule for premeditated murder.
"The threat of punishment can be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or a maximum of 20 years in prison," he said.
Kholid said the motive for the BP perpetrator to kill his biological mother was revealed after the NTB Police Puma Team made an arrest on Monday night (26/1). The perpetrator was arrested at his home in the East Monjok area, Mataram City.
"This arrest was made in less than two times in 24 hours," he said.
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