Speaking Of The Underground Movement Asks Ferdy Sambo To Be Freed, Mahfud MD Guarantee The Independence Of The Prosecutor's Office

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD communicated with his staff before opening a cross-ministerial/institutional/VIA ANTARA meeting.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD ensured that the prosecutor's office was not affected by underground movements related to the premeditated murder of Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat (Brigadir J) with the defendant Ferdy Sambo. "I make sure that the prosecutor's office is independent, will not be affected by the underground movements," Mahfud told reporters at the Kemenkopolhukam Office, Jakarta, Thursday. According to Mahfud, there are those who want Sambo to be released, some want Sambo to be punished, but his party can secure this by ensuring the independence of the prosecutor's office. "Some say about the Brigadier General approaching A and B, Brigadier General who I told to tell me, later I have a lot of mayjens. If you have a mayjen who wants to press the court or the prosecutor's office, here I have a letter general. So just be independent," he added. Mahfud also confirmed that there had been an effort to remind the panel of judges and prosecutors to maintain independence in handling the case. The reason is that the case involving Sambo, the former Head of the Professional and Security Division (Kadiv Propam) of the National Police, called Mahfud, made many people very interested. Mahfud also responded to public disappointment regarding the demands for the defendant Richard totaling or Bharada E, who had become a justice collaborator (JC), which was higher than the demands against the other defendant Sambo's wife, Putri Chandrawati. "Go ahead, later there will still be pleas, there will be a decision from the assembly. I see that the AGO is independent, and we will continue to oversee it," he also said. The public prosecutor (JPU) charged Sambo with life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of Brigadier J. Meanwhile, Bharada E was charged by the Public Prosecutor with a sentence of 12 years in prison, and Putri Chandrawati was sentenced to eight years in prison. Meanwhile, the other two defendants, Strong Ma'ruf and Ricky Rizal, were sentenced to eight years in prison. The five were charged with violating Article 340 subsidiary Article 338 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.