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Komnas HAM digs deeper into cop death
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National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (center) appears at a press briefing on July 12, 2022 at National Police headquarters in Jakarta. He announced that the police were forming a special investigation team to probe the alleged fatal shootout between two police officers on July 8 that led to the death of Brig. Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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overnment-sanctioned independent body the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is digging deeper into the death of police officer Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat – also known as Brig. J – which has been shrouded in disputed claims.
Komnas HAM grilled on Tuesday Second Agent (Bharada) E, who, according to a previous police account of the incident, was acting in self-defense in the exchange of fire with Yosua at the residence of the police’s internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo in Jakarta in early July.
E and Yosua had been on duty as personal secretary to Ferdy and chauffeur to Ferdy’s wife, respectively.
The commission has also questioned five other aides de camp, and a forensics team from the National Police Hospital in Jakarta, which previously performed an autopsy on Yosua.
The probe by Komnas HAM is not a criminal investigation, but is expected to shed light on Yosua’s death amid the discovery of a series of irregularities surrounding the case and the police account of the incident, which has raised public suspicion that the police had attempted to cover up facts.
The commission will make recommendations based on the results of its investigation.
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