Military Prosecutor Affirms Charges Against Three TNI Soldiers for Murdering State-Owned Bank Branch Head Have Been Carefully Prepared

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Military Prosecutor’s Office II-07 has assured that the charges against three TNI soldiers in the murder case of the Head of Branch (Kacab) of a state-owned bank, Mohammad Ilham Pradipta, were prepared meticulously.

This was stated by Military Prosecutor Major Chk Wasinton Marpaung in response to the exceptions filed by the lawyers for the three accused TNI members at the Military Court in East Jakarta.

The three accused TNI soldiers are Serka Mochamad Nasir, Kopda Feri Heriyanto, and Serka Franky Yari.

Wasinton Marpaung stated that the preparation of the charges complied with the provisions of Article 130 paragraph (2) of Law No. 31 of 1997 on Military Justice.

“In the aforementioned case, the Military Prosecutor has included the complete identities of the defendants and has clearly outlined the time or tempus delicti and place or locus delicti, as well as the actions of the defendants,” said Wasinton Marpaung at the Military Court II-08 in Jakarta on Wednesday (15/4/2026).

Wasinton explained that what is meant by meticulous, clear, and complete does not require detailing aspects of proof, but rather sufficiently describing the charged actions.

He added that the Military Prosecutor has fully and clearly outlined the actions of the defendants along with their respective roles.

“Therefore, the arguments of the Legal Counsel are unfounded and unreasonable, and thus must be rejected,” he stated.

The defendant’s legal representative, Lieutenant Colonel Chk Nugroho Muhammad, when reading the exceptions or objections note, assessed that the charges read by the Military Prosecutor’s Office II-07 did not align with the facts.

“In the hearing on 6 April 2026, it did not contain a meticulous, clear, and complete description of the facts regarding the charged criminal act. This is evident in the factual description in the prosecutor’s charges, which incorrectly applied or assigned the article to Defendant III,” said Nugroho when reading the exceptions on Monday (13/4/2026).

Nugroho also assessed that the indictment against defendant Serka Franky was not specific and did not include elements of premeditated murder.