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View all search resultsSemarang cop gets 15 years in prison for fatally shooting teen
A Semarang court has sentenced a narcotics officer to 15 years for fatally shooting one vocational school student and injuring two others last November, in line with the prosecution's demand.
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Second Adj. Insp. Robig Zaenudin, a narcotics officer with the Semarang Police, attends his sentence hearing at the Semarang District Court on Aug. 8, 2025, in the Central Java capital. The court sentenced him to 15 years in prison and a fine of Rp 200 million (US$12,229) for killing GRO, 17, and injuring two other teenagers during a shooting incident in Semarang on Nov. 24, 2024. (JP/Suherdjoko)
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he Semarang District Court has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to Second Adj. Insp. Robig Zaenudin, an officer with the Semarang Police’s narcotics division, after finding him guilty in the fatal shooting of GRO, a 17-year-old student SMKN 4 Semarang vocational high school, on Nov. 24 last year in the provincial capital of Central Java.
In addition to shooting GRO to death, Robig was also found guilty of wounding the victim’s schoolmates AD and ST, who suffered firearm injuries to their chest and fingers, respectively.
Presiding judge Mirna Sendangsari said the defendant had violated Article 80 of the 2024 Child Protection Law, under which an individual who commits violence that results in the injury or death of a minor can be charged with a criminal offense.
“The defendant is also ordered to pay a fine of Rp 200 million [US$12,229] or serve an additional one month in prison,” Mirna said on Friday during the sentence hearing.
The punishment matches the sentence demand prosecutors presented to the court on July 8.
In his defense, Robig claimed that the three teenagers had posed a threat to his life.
The judicial panel disagreed, however, after hearing evidence and witness testimonies during his trial that indicated the teenagers were just passing through and were not carrying any weapons, nor did they point any weapons at Robig or others.
