South Jakarta District Court spokesperson Djumyanto said that Ferdy had filed a cassation appeal on May 12, while Putri and Kuat filed on May 9 and 15, respectively.

“The cassation appeals were filed by each lawyer to the criminal registry office at the South Jakarta District Court,” Djumyanto said on Wednesday, adding that the three had filed  their memorandum of appeal before 14 days, in accordance with the law.

The cassation appeals were filed to reduce the Jakarta High Court verdict that upheld the three’s sentences.

Last month, the appellate court agreed with the South Jakarta District Court verdict that Ferdy was guilty of premeditated murder of his aide-de-camp Yosua and for tampering with evidence to orchestrate a cover-up, and sentenced him to death.

In court, Ferdy was proven guilty of orchestrating a cover-up of Yosua’s murder, in which he claimed Yosua was killed at Ferdy’s official residence in South Jakarta in a shoot-out with Second Agent Richard Eliezer, another aide-de-camp assigned to Ferdy.

Ferdy was also proven guilty of tampering with the police investigation by instructing several police officers to destroy CCTV footage that showed Yosua still alive when Ferdy entered the house, in an attempt to maintain the narrative that Ferdy had nothing to do with the murder of Yosua. Richard was junior to Yosua.

The South Jakarta District Court had sentenced Richard to 18 months in prison, a much lighter sentence than the 12 years sought by prosecutors. The bench court concluded that Richard had agreed to cooperate with authorities in order to shed light on the case. Richard did not appeal against the sentence.

The Jakarta High Court has also upheld the lower court sentences for Putri and Kuat of 20 and 15 years imprisonment, respectively, all beyond the sentencing demands of prosecutors.

The Jakarta Post has reached out to Supreme Court spokesperson Suharto to confirm whether the court’s administrative division had received cassation appeals filed by the three against a Jakarta High Court ruling, issued in April. He was not available for comment at the time of writing.

Yosua’s murder case, which occurred in July last year, is regarded as the biggest scandal involving the police to date and had seized public attention for months.

Analysts have noted that Ferdy’s case marked the first time in the country’s history that a police general was sentenced to death.

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