Central Java High Court Reduces Prison Sentence Of 5 PIP Semarang Youths Who Abused Juniors To Death

Semarang District Court spokesman Kukuh Subyakto (ANTARA/ICSenjaya)

SEMARANG - The Central Java High Court has reduced the sentences of five cadets of the Semarang Shipping Science Polytechnic (PIP), convicted of the crime of persecution that killed their junior, Zidan Muhammad Faza.

Semarang District Court spokesman Kukuh Subyakto said a copy of the appeal decision against the five convicts had been received by the local court.

"It was received yesterday afternoon," said Kukuh as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 11.

According to him, the decision handed down by the Central Java High Court is lighter than the decision of the first instance court.

The convicts, respectively, Caecar Richardo Bintang Samudra Tampubolon, Aris Riyanto, Andre Arsprilla Arief, and Albert Jonathan Ompusungu, were sentenced to two years in prison, less than the seven years in the first instance court decision.

While one other convict, Budi Dharmawan, was sentenced to one year, less than the previous six years in prison.

In his decision, Chief Judge Rusmawati who tried the appeal decision stated that the convicts had been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a crime in public together, committing violence against people who caused the death of people and in public together committing violence. against people.

Previously, the Semarang District Court sentenced five to seven years in prison to five Semarang PIP cadets, accused of the crime of assault that killed his junior, Zidan Muhammad Faza.

The incident of abuse carried out by the defendants against their juniors occurred on September 6, 2021 at Mes Indoraya Semarang.

In that incident, the abuse carried out by the five defendants caused the death of cadet Zidan Muhammad Faza resulting in 14 other junior cadets experiencing pain in the abdomen due to punches and or kicks.