A new chapter in the kidnapping and murder case of bank branch\nmanager M Ilham Pradipta (37) in Jakarta has commenced. The three\nprimary defendants in this case\u2014Candy alias Ken, Dwi Hartono, and\nAntonius Aditia\u2014underwent their first hearing on Monday, 9 March 2026,\nas documented on the East Jakarta District Court\u2019s SIPP website on\nFriday, 13 March 2026. The next hearing session, scheduled for Monday,\n16 March, will address the defendants\u2019 legal challenges.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecution\u2019s indictment accessed through the\ncourt\u2019s SIPP system, Ken began collecting data on branch managers at\nstate-owned bank (BUMN) branches from 2013 onwards, seeking cooperation\nto transfer funds from dormant or inactive accounts. The prosecution\nstated that Ken required assistance from bank branch managers to\nactivate these dormant accounts.<\/p>\n
Ken subsequently partnered with Dwi Hartono as the operational field\ncoordinator. In June 2025, according to the prosecution, Ken obtained\ninformation about a dormant account at a BUMN bank branch office located\nin Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, from which approximately Rp 455\nbillion could be transferred to a receiving account.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsequently, Defendant I Candy alias Ken contacted Defendant II Dwi\nHartono to plan the transfer of funds from the dormant account to the\nreceiving account already prepared by Defendant I Candy alias Ken,\u201d the\nprosecution stated in court records.<\/p>\n
Dwi then contacted Antonius Aditia Maharjuni to participate in\nexecuting the fund transfer from the dormant account. In July 2025, the\nthree met at a restaurant to discuss plans for transferring the dormant\naccount balance. Ken reportedly explained information regarding the\ndormant accounts they were targeting. They also discussed their approach\nto bank branch manager M Ilham Pradipta to facilitate the fund\ntransfer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefendant I Candy alias Ken had previously made several attempts to\nrecruit various bank branch managers for cooperation, but none were\nwilling to participate. Therefore, to ensure this fund transfer\noperation succeeded,\u201d the prosecutor stated.<\/p>\n
The three then developed a two-pronged plan regarding Ilham. First,\nthey would use force or threats of violence to coerce him, then release\nhim after the fund transfer succeeded. Alternatively, they planned to\nuse force or threats, execute the transfer, and subsequently murder\nIlham.<\/p>\n
They reconvened to discuss profit distribution following Ilham\nPradipta\u2019s death on 12 August 2025. If the fund transfer succeeded, Dwi\nHartono and Antonius would receive 75 per cent of the proceeds, whilst\nKen would receive 25 per cent.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsequently, Defendants I, II, and III discussed task allocation\nwhereby Defendants II and III would form a team to kidnap victim\nMohammad Ilham Pradipta and transport him to a safe house. At this safe\nhouse, the team under Defendant II, who conducted the kidnapping, would\nhand over victim Mohammad Ilham Pradipta to the team of Defendant I\nCandy alias Ken, who possessed banking knowledge and IT\/hacking\nexpertise, to coerce victim Mohammad Ilham Pradipta into transferring\nfunds to the receiving account,\u201d the prosecution stated.<\/p>\n
Ken reportedly obtained contact information and a photograph of Ilham\nPradipta from Facebook on 15 August 2025. The business card and\nphotograph were subsequently sent to Dwi Hartono.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, Ken contacted Egi Januar and transmitted Ilham\u2019s personal\ndetails. The prosecutor stated that Egi Januar was assigned to\ninterrogate Ilham Pradipta following his kidnapping by the team led by\nDwi Hartono and Antonius Aditia Maharjuni.<\/p>\n
On 16 August 2025, Dwi Hartono contacted witness Yohanes Joko\nPamuntas to identify individuals capable of kidnapping Ilham Pradipta.\nYohanes informed Dwi that witness M Nasir, an active Indonesian Armed\nForces (TNI) member, would assemble a team to kidnap victim Ilham\nPradipta.<\/p>\n
Ken and Dwi subsequently met with Yohanes and M Nasir in Bogor.\nDuring this meeting, according to the prosecution, Nasir agreed to form\na kidnapping team that would be monitored by M Nasir and Feri Hariyanto,\nalso a TNI member, for a fee of Rp 60 million. Should the fund transfer\nsucceed, a bonus of Rp 5 billion would be provided.<\/p>\n
On 18 August 2025, Dwi Hartono and Antonius Aditia met with Yohanes\nand Nasir in Bogor to hand over Rp 30 million in cash. The remaining Rp\n30 million was transferred to Yohanes\u2019s bank account as operational\ncosts for the kidnapping.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsequently, during this meeting, Defendants II Dwi Hartono and III\nAntonius Aditia Maharjuni explained that they would prepare a team\nconsisting of witness Rochmat Syukur, witness Eka Wahyu Hadayatullah,\nand Boma, who would locate and follow victim Mohammad Ilham Pradipta.\nAdditionally, witness Yohanes Joko Pamuntas instructed witness Aloysius\nWiranto to assist in tailing victim Mohammad Ilham Pradipta and\nexecuting the kidnapping,\u201d the prosecutor stated.<\/p>\n
On 19 August 2025, Feri met with Erasmus and transferred Rp 5 million\nfor operational expenses. On 20 August 2025, the defendants\u2019 assembled\nteam awaited Ilham outside his office in Cempaka Putih.<\/p>\n
They subsequently tailed Ilham until he entered a supermarket in\nCiracas, East Jakarta. The kidnapping occurred at approximately 17:14\nlocal time.<\/p>\n
At that moment, Ilham Pradipta was walking towards his vehicle. As\nIlham attempted to open his car door, Andre Tomatala and Erasmus Wowo\nforcibly pulled the victim and coerced him into a white Avanza vehicle.\nIlham was seated in the second row, flanked by Andre and Johannes,\nwhilst Reviando sat in the rear seat and Emanuel drove the vehicle. The\nvehicle departed from the supermarket area.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsequently, because victim Mohammad Ilham Pradipta resisted and\nattempted to escape\u2026\u201d\u2014the record then indicates the account continues\nbut the provided text concludes at this point.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/new-chapter-in-bank-manager-murder-case-enters-courtroom-1773438886", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }