LPSK Leave Compensation Of Rp. 986 Million To 8 Victims Of The Central Sulawesi MIT Attack

Illustration of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK). (Between)

SULTENG - The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) handed over compensation to eight heirs and victims of the attack on the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) group in Central Sulawesi (Sulteng). The compensation value amounted to Rp986,44,320.

"The legal process for this incident took quite a long time, approximately three years, from July 2019 to September 2021, starting from the first level court process to the cassation," said Deputy Chairperson of LPSK Susilaningtias at the Poso Police, Central Sulawesi, quoted from Antara.

The handover of compensation was witnessed by the Head of the Poso Police AKBP Rentrix Riyaldi Yusuf, the Director of Criminal Acts of Terrorism and Cross-State of the Attorney General's Office represented by the Head of Sub-Directorate for Execution and Examination Darmo Wijoyo, and BNPT representatives.

Susilaningtias said this civil society was the victim of the attack on the MIT terrorism group in Poso and Parigi Moutong in the 2014-2016 period. The law enforcement process was carried out through trial with the defendant M. Basri.

The value of compensation given by the state through LPSK is based on the decision of the North Jakarta District Court with Case Number 755 / pid.sus.Terrorist / 2019 / PN.Jkt.tim dated December 3, 2019, which was upheld by the Banding level decision at the Jakarta High Court with Case Number 294 / Pid.sus / 2020 PT DKI dated October 6, 2020 and Cassation Decision Number 2063 K / Pid Sus / 2021 dated September 21, 2021.

Susilaningtias said the compensation or compensation paid by the state for the victim and his family was a form of state presence against victims of terrorism crimes in Indonesia.

LPSK also appreciates the Central Sulawesi Regional Police and its staff, Densus 88 Polri, the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, and relevant stakeholders for their cooperation and collaboration in helping to deal with victims of incidents of civil attacks by members of the MIT terrorism network in Parigi Moutong and Poso in 2014-2016.

Susilaningtias hopes that in the future a good synergy will be realized between LPSK and related ministries/agencies so that the compensation that has been handed over can be used by the victims to restore their socio-economic conditions.

"We hope that the local government in Central Sulawesi can help victims who have received compensation by making assistance programs through supplying and training activities for entrepreneurship so that the compensation provided can be utilized and not consumptive," he concluded.