Bripka MN Shoots Brigadier HT Using Assault Rifle SS-V2 Sabhara, Threatened With Life Penalty

The head of the East Lombok Police, AKBP Herman Suriyono, when he was the inspector of the funeral ceremony for the Brigadier Police Brigadier HT/ Antara

LOMBOK - An individual member of the Wanasaba Police, East Lombok Regency, Chief Police Brigadier MN (38), who shot and killed his fellow police officer, Police Brigadier One HT, is now facing the death penalty or life imprisonment.

The head of the East Lombok Police, AKBP Herman Suriyono, said that the criminal threat for MN was still in the process of fulfilling the evidence.

"So now we are digging up the facts to make light of his criminal actions, whether we apply Article 338 or Article 340, of course this will be revealed from the results of the investigation," said Suriyono who was met after attending HT's funeral in East Gontoran, West Lombok Regency, reported by Antara. Between, Tuesday, October 26.

Thus, Suriyono asked the public, especially the victim's family, to entrust the handling of this case to the police.

"Please give us time to uncover this case and now we are working to complete the existing evidence," he said.

The threat of death penalty or life imprisonment is regulated in Article 340 of the Criminal Code concerning premeditated murder.

Meanwhile, Article 338 of the Criminal Code regulates murder which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. MN has been detained by the East Lombok Police and has been named a suspect.

The shooting incident from MN to HT occurred on Monday, October 25 at one of the houses with the address at BTN Griya Pesona Madani, East Lombok Regency.

Based on the results of the crime scene, the victim was presumed dead at 11.20 WITA, about four hours after one of the witnesses found his body lying covered in blood.

From the autopsy results at Bhayangkara Hospital in Mataram, the victim was declared dead from a gunshot wound lodged in the right chest. These results were also corroborated by findings at the TKP, namely two cartridges which were thought to have come from the SS-V2 Sabhara individual assault rifle.

The shooting action against members of the East Lombok Police Public Relations was also revealed from the perpetrator's confession. The confession was conveyed by MN when returning the individual assault rifle to its place of duty.

Suriyono revealed that MN's action in taking possession of a firearm to shoot the victim occurred when he was on picket in the morning. "When the picket was, the perpetrator took a weapon and went to the victim," he said.