What's Left Of The Murder Case Of Brigadier J Even Though Ferdy Sambo Has Become A Suspect

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo at a press conference on the development of Brigadier J's murder case at the National Police Headquarters / PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The case of the premeditated murder of Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat or Brigadier J dragged four suspects, including Inspector General Ferdy Sambo. But there is still something that remains, namely the motive behind the shooting of Brigadier J.

Therefore, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that he would continue to investigate all matters, including the motive behind the killing of Brigadier J.

"The motive is that witnesses are currently being investigated," General Listyo Sigit told reporters, Tuesday, August 9.

One of the witnesses who will be questioned is the wife of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo, Putri Chandrawathi.

The investigation was carried out because at the beginning of this case, Ferdy Sambo used the issue of an attempted sexual harassment act by Brigadier J.

"So we can't conclude at this time. But what is certain is that this is the main trigger for the killings. What is the conclusion that the team is currently working," said Sigit.

Apart from that, the National Police Chief emphasized that for now the most important thing is that the case of Brigadier J's murder has been revealed. There was no shootout as stated at the beginning of the investigation by the South Jakarta Metro Police.

"But the most important thing is the main event, whether it was shooting or what happened, I think it has been explained clearly," said Sigit.

In the case of the shooting of Brigadier J, there were a total of 4 suspects, namely Bharada E, Brigadier RR, K and Inspector General Ferdy Sambo. Ferdy Sambo allegedly gave orders related to the shooting of Brigadier J.

Inspector General Ferdy Sambo allegedly used a firearm belonging to Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat alias Brigadier J to shoot at the wall several times. The shooting at the wall with Brigadier J's pistol was carried out to make it appear as if a shootout took place, aka a shootout, as reported earlier at the South Jakarta Metro Police.

"That there was no fact of shooting incident as reported, I repeat that there was no fact of shooting incident as reported earlier," said the National Police Chief.

The National Police's Bareskrim Team, according to the National Police Chief, found that what actually happened was the shooting of Brigadier J to death.

"What RE (Bharada E) did on the orders of brother FS (Ferdy Sambo," said the National Police Chief.