SULAWESI - The South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Police managed to arrest eight people involved in the murder and the burning of a man named Rian Latif (20). The victim is a resident from Gowa.

"So far, we have arrested 8 people and 1 is on the DPO (People's Search List). There are seven men and one woman," said the South Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Merdisyam when the case was released in Makassar, as reported by Antara, Thursday, June 17.

Rian's body was found in Bukit Kemiri, Padaelo Village, Mallawa District, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi, on Friday, June 11, 2021. The suspect who was arrested, continued the Regional Police Chief, was apparently still a teenager.

Each MA (19), DAS (19), FS (16), AP (19), TH (22), AI (17), MAN (16), and H (23) a woman. Meanwhile, one perpetrator with the initials D is a fugitive and is still being chased.

"The suspects are subject to multi-layered articles, namely Article 340 of the Criminal Code, Sub-Article 338 in conjunction with Articles 55, 56 and Article 170 of the Criminal Code, with the threat of life imprisonment and a maximum of 20 years," said the Kapolda.

The motive for the premeditated murder was triggered by jealousy and hurt from one of the perpetrators, MA. The victim has a special relationship with the same sex.

"From the results of the examination, we also found allegations of prostitution practices. In which all the main actors acted as pimps. The results of the disclosure and crime scene processing were physically abused," he said


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