More Police Are 'Detained' In Special Rooms, Kabareskrim Once Promises To Criminalize The Obstruction Of Investigation On The Murder Of Brigadier J

Kabareskrim Komjen Agus Andrianto at a press conference on the development of the handling of the case of Brigadier J's murder at the National Police Headquarters, Thursday, August 4 / PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - More and more police are being dragged into murder cases at the official residence of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo. There have been 16 police officers detained in special places suspected of having committed violations or unprofessionalism during the handling of the investigation into the murder of Brigadier J.

The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo, explained that there were 4 additional mid-level officers from the Polda Metro Jaya who were officially detained in a special place. Their ranks are 3 AKBP and 1 Kompol.

The four people added to the carriage of 12 police officers who had previously been detained.

"The results of the examination and the title last night, it was determined that 4 PMJ pamens (3 Akbp and 1 Kompol) would carry out Special Specialties at the Provost Bureau of the National Police Headquarters," said Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo to VOI, Saturday, August 13.

In detail, 6 people were detained in a special place at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters and 10 others at the Provost Police Headquarters.

Can Be Criminally Charged

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD previously said that the alleged decision to take a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera decorder related to the murder of Brigadier J and the mastermind behind the murder of the former Head of the Profession and Security Division of the National Police, Inspector General Ferdy Sambo, could be punished.

"You can go both ways. Formal law is a crystallization of morals and ethics, so taking CCTV can violate ethics because it is not careful or unprofessional and at the same time can be a criminal offense due to obstruction of justice and others," he told reporters, Sunday, August 7.

Mahfud reiterated that the alleged violation of ethics committed by Inspector General Sambo could go hand in hand with criminal allegations if proven guilty.

Because, continued Mahfud, ethical sanctions are not decided by the panel of judges. So that ethical violations can be dealt with together with a criminal.

"Yes, because ethical sanctions are not decided by judges and are not criminal penalties but administrative sanctions such as dismissal, demotion, reprimand, etc. While criminal justice is decided by judges whose punishment is criminal sanctions such as imprisonment, death penalty, seizure of property proceeds of crime, and so on," he said.

Promise of Criminal Investigation

Kabareskrim Komjen Agus Andrianto confirmed that the CCTV issue which was said to be damaged/dead at the shelter of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo was still being investigated regarding the mystery of the murder of Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat or Brigadier J. Strict action will be applied to members found to have obstructed the investigation of Brigadier J's case.

"What is clear is that our colleagues know that there is a broken CCTV that was taken at the time at the security guard and that we have also investigated and we have found out how the retrieval process is and who took it, we have also carried out an inspection and now of course we will carry out the next process," he said. Kabareskrim Komjen Agus Andrianto during a press conference on the progress of handling the case of Brigadier J's murder at the National Police Headquarters, Thursday, August 4.

"Of course, the obstacle to the effort to prove is the existence of damaged or omitted evidence, so it takes time to fully reveal this case," continued Komjen Agus.

Regarding the process of handling the killing of Brigadier J, Kabareskrim said the National Police team worked thoroughly, including the alleged involvement of other parties in the killing of Brigadier J.

"Later on, if there is a process of finding criminal violations rather than the actions carried out, whether it is blocking the investigation process, eliminating evidence, hiding evidence so that it hinders the investigation process, later after undergoing the process of examining the code of ethics, the recommendation from Mr. Irwasum will later become the basis Do we need to increase their status to become part of the perpetrators," said Komjen Agus.