The Central Java Police have named three suspects at the Undip medical school in relation to the ongoing investigation into anesthesiology intern Aulia Risma Lestari, who died by suicide in August.
he Central Java Police have named three individuals as suspects of alleged bullying targeting Aulia Risma Lestari, a 30-year-old postgraduate resident at the Diponegoro University medical school (FK Undip) who died by suicide in August.
The three suspects were identified as TEN, director of the school’s anesthesiology residency program; SM, a staffer in the finance department; and ZYA, a senior doctor overseeing anesthesiology residents at FK Undip.
Investigators charged them with violating one or more of three articles in the Criminal Code: Article 368 on extortion, Article 335 on unpleasant acts and Article 378 on fraud. The three provisions carry a maximum punishment of nine years in prison.
“We seized Rp 97 million [US$6,000] that was obtained from the alleged bullying,” Central Java Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Artanto told a press briefing on Tuesday in Semarang.
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According to Artanto, the police have questioned 96 witnesses in the course of the investigation into the bullying and extortion case that presumably contributed to Aulia taking her own life.
He added that the three suspects had not been detained because they were cooperating with the police, which were working to complete the investigation for handing over to the prosecutor’s office.
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