Bank branch chief murder case defendant ordered to pay Rp5.8 billion restitution

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The defendant in the case of alleged kidnapping and murder of a bank branch chief with the initials MIP (37) has been charged to pay compensation (restitution) to the victim’s family amounting to Rp5.8 billion.

“LPSK has conducted an in-depth information examination and assessment of the losses suffered by the victim or his heirs from the criminal incident, with the claimant’s loss value amounting to Rp5.851.192.240,” said Military Prosecutor from the Military Prosecutor’s Office II-07 Jakarta, Major Chk Wasinton Marpaung, at a continuation trial at Military Court II-08 Jakarta, on Thursday.

Wasinton revealed that the official documents for the restitution request had only been received by him from the Witness and Victims Protection Agency (LPSK) after the charges were read in last week’s session.

“After we read the charges in the session last week, in the late afternoon we only received the official documents related to the restitution request from LPSK,” said Wasinton.

The restitution request was filed by the victim’s wife Puspita Aulia, as the victim’s heir.

In a letter dated 13 May 2026, LPSK stated that it had conducted examinations, information investigations, and the calculation of the losses experienced by the victim and his family.

The restitution concerns the case of alleged premiditated murder and premiditated assault resulting in death with three defendants from the Indonesian Army (TNI AD).

The presiding Judge, Colonel Chk Fredy Ferdian Isnartanto, then questioned the mechanism for imposing restitution, whether it should be borne by each defendant or borne jointly.

In response to the judge’s question, the Prosecutor explained that they had coordinated directly with LPSK.

From that coordination, restitution was requested to be borne jointly and severally by the defendants according to their respective roles and faults.

Fredy then highlighted the basis for calculating the restitution value reaching Rp5.8 billion.

He asked the Prosecutor to supplement information regarding the possible pension rights or allowances that the victim received from the bank where he worked.

“Because if, for example, this is asked up to his retirement. How many times would his earnings up to retirement be multiplied, etc., the result is Rp5.8 billion,” Fredy clarified.

According to Fredy, such information is important to ensure whether the restitution amount has taken into account any rights of the victim that may still be received by the family from the company.

However, the Prosecutor admitted that he did not know whether the victim received a pension from his workplace.

The session continued with the bench asking that data related to the victim’s pension rights be completed promptly as material considerations in the restitution application.

In the Military Court’s session on the charges, Defendant One, Sergeant Mochamad Nasir, was charged with a prison term of 12 years, reduced by the time already served.

Next, Defendant Two, Lance Corporal Feri Herianto, was charged with a prison term of 10 years, reduced by the time already served. Meanwhile, Defendant Three, Sergeant Frengky Yaru, was charged with a prison term of four years.

Additionally, Defendants One and Two were also charged with an additional penalty of dismissal from the Indonesian Army (TNI AD).

The defendants were also ordered to pay court costs, with Defendant 1 and Defendant 3 each paying Rp15,000, while Defendant 2 pays Rp10,000.