Sutrimo Exhumation: Forensic Team Tests Internal Organ Samples

The Metro Jaya Regional Police, together with the Central Java Police and Banyumas Resort Police, carried out the exhumation of Sutrimo’s grave at the Bantaragung Cemetery in Wlahar Village, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, on Wednesday (12/8). This medico-legal step was taken for investigation purposes to uncover the exact cause of the deceased’s death. Sutrimo was known as the Head of Household for former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah.

Metro Jaya Police Head of Public Relations, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, explained that the body examination process was divided into three main stages. ‘Today (12/8) there are three stages of activity, the first is the opening of the grave, more commonly known as exhumation,’ Budi said in Wangon, Banyumas, on Wednesday (12/8).

The stages continued with an external examination to confirm identity, followed by an internal examination of the body’s organs. This forensic examination involved a combined team of doctors from the Indonesian Forensic Medicolegal Doctors Association (PDFMI) branches in Jaya, Central Java, and East Java. Budi revealed that the exhumation was pursued after the family officially reported the case to the Banyumas Resort Police on Saturday (8/8) due to the spread of conflicting rumours regarding the cause of the victim’s death. This report supplemented a public complaint lodged with the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, the handling of which has now been drawn up to the Metro Jaya Regional Police.

‘We also invite the entire community to give space, a space of empathy to the deceased’s family,’ Budi added.

Chairperson of PDFMI, Police Brigadier General Sumy Hastry Purwanti, stated that the internal organ examination was conducted comprehensively. The process involves the Forensic Laboratory, the Psychology Laboratory of the University of Indonesia and Airlangga University, DNA experts, and anatomical histopathology experts. All medical data will be tested to determine whether Sutrimo’s death is categorised as natural or unnatural.

Hastry noted that although the body had been buried for more than 10 days after being declared dead on 23 July 2026 and had undergone decomposition, the relatively dry condition of the grave’s soil was expected to help the team detect clinical findings. ‘The process involves taking samples; we do not immediately state what or how, we will perhaps wait for the results,’ Hastry clarified.

Initial examination results are expected to be known on Wednesday (12/8) afternoon, while the comprehensive laboratory analysis results require a longer testing period. Sutrimo was previously found unconscious in front of a clinic in the Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta, on 23 July 2026. He was subsequently evacuated to Muhammadiyah Taman Puring Hospital but was declared dead upon arrival.