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Police name 6 new suspects in UII hazing case
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The rector of the Yogyakarta-based Indonesian Islamic University (UII), Harsoyo (center), walks to the Karanganyar Police in Central Java to accompany 16 students who face police questioning following the death of three freshmen during orientation held by the university’s climbing club. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
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he Karanganyar Police in Central Java have named six new suspects in the deaths of three students of the Yogyakarta-based Indonesian Islamic University (UII) during freshmen orientation for a climbing club.
Police previously named two students of the university suspects who are now standing trial.
The six suspects comprise one female and five males who were the orientation’s committee members.
(Read also: Yogyakarta university expels nine students involved in hazing)
Three freshmen and 14 others were injured during the orientation held at Gondosuli Village in Tawangmangu in January.
Karanganyar Police chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Ade Safri Simanjuntak said the six had been named suspects based on new evidence and testimonies presented during the hearings of the two defendants in the case.
“Following the latest case screenings we have decided that we have enough evidence to name [the six] suspects,” Ade said on Tuesday, adding the suspects could face six years in prison according to articles 170 and 351 of the Criminal Code. (bbs)
