Police Asked To Accelerate Brigadier J's Murder Case Investigation In A Transparent Manner Without Being Covered Up

Two Komnas HAM commissioners, Mohammad Choirul Anam (second left) and Beka Ulung Hapsara (left) inspect the official residence of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo at the Polri complex, Duren Tiga, Jakarta/ANTARA PHOTO/Aprillio Akbar/wsj

JAKARTA - Executive Director of the Indonesian Police Institute for Strategic Studies (Lemkapi) Edi Hasibuan asked the National Police to immediately accelerate the completion of the investigation into the murder of Brigadier J.

"In order to complete the task of the National Police, the case files of Inspector General Pol Ferdy Sambo and the three other suspects should be processed quickly and immediately submitted to the public prosecutor," he said in a written statement quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 15.

Edi said that if the investigation file was completed, the handling of this case would be entirely in the hands of the prosecutor and the court.

"We continue to encourage the Special Police Team to work quickly so that the police's duties are not disturbed by Ferdy Sambo's news every day," he emphasized.

Edi believes that when the Ferdi Sambo case is processed transparently, the public's trust in the Police will be restored.

Moreover, he said, the National Police had named Ferdy Sambo a suspect in the premeditated murder of Brigadier J with the death penalty.

Previously, the National Police had named four suspects, namely former Head of the Profession and Security Division, Ferdy Sambo, Bharada E, Bripka RR, and KM. The two non-commissioned officers were Ferdy Sambo's aide while KM was a civilian who became Ferdy Sambo's personal driver.

The National Police's special inspectorate team has also determined that 31 Polri personnel had violated the procedure for handling the crime scene (TKP) of the murder of Brigadier J at the official house occupied by the Head of the Profession and Security Division, Inspector General Ferdy Sambo, Duren Tiga Police complex, South Jakarta, July 8, 2022.

Of that number, 16 police officers underwent special placements at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters and the Profession and Security Division of the Police.