Documents Of The Beating Of Journalists In Kupang Stated Complete, Ready For Trial

KUPANG - Kupang City Police Chief Kombes Rishian Krisna B said that the case file for the persecution of journalist Fabian Latuan by an unknown number of people had been declared complete or P21.

"On July 1 a few days ago the case file was P21," he said when met on the sidelines of the celebration of Bhayangkara's 76th Anniversary at the NTT Police Headquarters, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, July 5.

After being declared P21, the case files for the five alleged abusers were immediately transferred to the Kupang District Attorney. The five suspects are currently in custody. The Prosecutor's Office, added the former Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, has also stated that the case file is complete.

Previously, the Kupang City Police in May 2022 arrested five suspects in the persecution of a local media journalist in Kupang, Fabian Latuan, on April 26, 2022.

The five suspects with the initials N, M, P, MD were arrested in Samarinda, Kalimantan, while JN was arrested in Kupang City.

Rishian added that the arrest of the four suspects was due to the collaboration between the East Kalimantan Police and the Kupang City Police after their party investigated the case.

Latuan was allegedly ganged up by an unknown number of people after reporting at the Office of the Regional Owned Enterprise (BUMD) belonging to the NTT Provincial Government PT Flobamor in Naikolan, Kupang City at the end of last April.

The press conference was marked by a debate between the leadership of the BUMD belonging to the NTT Provincial Government and a number of media crews.

After a long debate, he and his colleagues left the PT Flobamor office on a motorbike. However, about 30 meters away, he was suddenly attacked by a number of people who made him fall along with the vehicle he was riding.

"Before hitting, someone shouted my name, possibly as a sign for the perpetrators to gang up and abuse me at the scene," Latuan said at the time.

As a result of the beating, Latuan suffered injuries to his face and chest.