We are hunting down the other suspects. May they be arrested as soon as possible.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The police arrested one of the three suspects in the murder of a journalist in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, on July 19, 2022.
The arrested suspect is identified by his initial as R alias O, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ahsanul Muqaffi, stated on Tuesday.
However, he desisted from furnishing further details on the arrest of the suspect in the murder of the journalist identified as Firdaus Parlindungan Pangaribuan.
"Be patient," he said.
Muqaffi noted that the police are hunting down two other suspects, who are currently at large.
"We are hunting down the other suspects. May they be arrested as soon as possible," he remarked.
Firdaus Parlindungan Pangaribuan, who worked for Raja Ampat Pos, was found dead on a sidewalk on Mayjen Sutoyo Street in East Jakarta at 5 a.m. local time on July 19, with several wounds on the left side of his head, on the back of his ear, and below his eyes.
Three people were believed to have attacked him.
Dewi Santi Pangaribuan, the younger sister of Pangaribuan, reported the case to the Kramat Jati Police Precinct. In her report, she said that three people were allegedly involved in the murder.
Dewi Santi said she believed that two of the three people, identified by their initials as A and O, were the main perpetrators. A is the father of O.
"He (A) did not likely know my older brother because he lived in Papua with his wife and three children. He returned to Jakarta only in January this year," she revealed.
The perpetrators reportedly did not flee immediately after the attack. Two of them escaped in the evening and are now at large, she added.
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