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        "id": 1703509,
        "msgid": "witness-reveals-initial-involvement-of-tni-in-jakarta-bank-branch-manager-case-1777287279",
        "date": "2026-04-27 17:01:25",
        "title": "Witness Reveals Initial Involvement of TNI in Jakarta Bank Branch Manager Case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "A witness in a military court trial has disclosed how members of the Indonesian Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) became involved in the alleged kidnapping and murder of a 37-year-old bank branch manager, MIP, in Jakarta. The testimony details a request from Dwi Hartono for a 'thug' contact, leading to the involvement of Sergeant MN, who then coordinated with two other Kopassus members for the operation. The three soldiers face charges including premeditated murder under Article 340 of the Criminal Code, with additional counts for causing death through deprivation of liberty and concealing the body, highlighting serious implications for military accountability in civilian crimes.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - A witness has revealed the initial involvement of\nTNI Kopassus members in the alleged kidnapping and murder case of a bank\nbranch manager in Jakarta, initialled MIP (37). Witness 5 in the trial,\nYohanes Joko Pamuntas, recounted that it began when Dwi Hartono (Witness\n3) asked his friend to find a thug figure. \u201cHe asked (Dwi) if I knew any\nthugs, maybe first because I (work) in parking, second maybe back in\ncollege, if I knew any thugs, turns out his girlfriend was harassed\nduring college, I thought something similar,\u201d said Joko during the\nwitness examination hearing at the Military Court II-08 in Cakung, East\nJakarta, on Monday. Joko, who is also a defendant in the civilian\ncluster of the same case, is a friend of Dwi Hartono. At that time, Joko\nadmitted he did not yet know the purpose of the request for the thug.\nHowever, he still agreed to his friend\u2019s request. Then, Joko mentioned\nthat he thought of Serka MN (Defendant 1), who is his neighbour where he\nlives. \u201cThen I just thought of Defendant 1 (MN) because I know him,\nneighbour,\u201d said Joko. According to Joko, Dwi Hartono then asked him to\nintroduce him to Serka MN. Following that instruction, Joko immediately\nconveyed the message to MN. \u201cUncle, your friend seems to have a problem,\nthis is my boss. Then he (replied), oh that\u2019s your friend, how do you\nask?,\u201d said Joko imitating his conversation with MN. Subsequently, Joko\nintroduced MN to Dwi Hartono at a cafe in the Kota Wisata Cibubur area.\nFrom there, Dwi conveyed the tasks to MN. \u201cMeet the person (MIP), then\ntake him to the team, there\u2019s a pickup team or take him where, they\ndecide,\u201d said Joko. It was from here that the involvement of two other\nKopassus members, Kopda FH (Defendant 2) and Serka FY (Defendant 3),\nbegan. Previously, three Indonesian Army (AD) soldiers were charged with\npremeditated murder in the alleged kidnapping and murder case of a bank\nbranch manager (kacab) in Jakarta initialled MIP (37). The main charge\nfiled is Article 340 of the Criminal Code on premeditated murder. In\nthis construction, the defendants are alleged to have planned the action\nbeforehand that resulted in the loss of the victim\u2019s life. The\nprosecutor also prepared alternative charges as a precaution, namely the\nsubsidiary Article 338 of the Criminal Code on murder subsidiary to\nArticle 351 paragraph 3 regarding assault causing death. In addition,\nthe prosecutor also submitted an alternative charge in the form of\nArticle 333 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code regarding deprivation of\nliberty causing death. The defendants were also charged cumulatively\nwith Article 181 of the Criminal Code, which regulates the act of\nconcealing a body. This article indicates an alleged attempt to\neliminate traces or obscure facts after the victim\u2019s death incident.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/witness-reveals-initial-involvement-of-tni-in-jakarta-bank-branch-manager-case-1777287279",
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