Police Retirement Lawyers Call Eko Sudah Menjadi Senior Usai Menabrak Hasya Athallah

The attorney for the retired police officer AKBP Eko Setio, Kitson Sianturi/ Photo: Jehan/ VOI

JAKARTA - The lawyer for the retired police officer AKBP Eko Setio, Kitson Sianturi, denied that his client left Hasya Athallah when the accident occurred on Thursday, October 6, 2022, on Srengseng Sawah Street, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta.

He ensured that AKBP Eko actually helped contact the ambulance to be taken to the hospital.

"That the abandonment of the hit-and-run Everything has been answered in the reconstruction. (In fact, Eko) our client is very empathetic. Until coming to contact (ambulans)," Kitson told reporters, Thursday, February 2.

Regarding having allowed the victim when he needed help for up to 10-30 minutes, Kitson said that the incident was not intentional. However, the moment was due to the health of AKBP who was not healthy, as a result of hitting the victim.

"The condition and situation of people in dealing with this problem, we can't immediately take it. Even if we bring it using the vehicle of our driver or client, if something happens in the car, there will also be other demands," he said.

"So what I need to clarify from the witness' testimony was only 5 minutes. That. But the efforts that have been made by the driver of the Pajero car have been made by trying to contact the ambulance," he continued.

Regarding the statement of the criminal expert who said the case could be directed to Article 304 of the Criminal Code, because he had allowed the victim when he needed help, Kitson said it was not a problem. Because it is the right of everyone to report to the police.

"That's legal. The two-wheeled rider to take legal action is legally his right. But what has been done Nothing has been covered up, nothing has been discriminated against," he concluded.