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Impunity concerns mount in fatal shooting by Navy officer
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T
he alleged involvement of a Navy officer in a recent shooting in Tangerang, Banten, that resulted in the death of a civilian has sparked fresh concerns about the misuse of firearms and a culture of impunity in the Indonesian Military (TNI).
A 48-year-old owner of a car rental business, identified as IA, was killed last week after First Sgt. AA, a Navy noncommissioned officer, allegedly opened fire in a dispute at the kilometer 45 rest stop of the Tangerang-Merak toll road.
Two low-ranking Navy members who were present at the scene and a civilian were also arrested as suspects.
According to the Banten Police, the incident started when the civilian suspect, identified as AS, rented a car from IA under a fake identity with the intention of stealing the car and selling it.
A deal was eventually struck for the car to be sold for Rp 40 million (US$2,477) to AA, although it remains unclear what, if anything, the first sergeant knew about the car-stealing operation.
IA, meanwhile, grew suspicious that his car was being stolen when two GPS trackers in it went offline. But he managed to track the car to the rest stop because a third tracker was still active.
“That was where the rental owner tried to forcefully take back the car, but the situation escalated and that was when the shooting happened,” Banten Police chief Insp. Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto told a press conference on Monday.
