Ferdy Sambo

2023 - 2 - 13

Ferdy Sambo Sentenced to Death for Murdering Officer (Jakarta Globe)

Ferdy, 50, is the first of five defendants in the murder case to receive the verdict at the South Jakarta District Court.

Yosua was in fact unarmed when he was shot, police and prosecutors have said. He ordered his men to take and hide Yosua's guns and made sure that the gun used by the hitman was fully loaded. On the contrary, the panel of judges determined many aggravating factors including the defendant's persistent denial and remorseless attitudes.

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BREAKING: Disgraced ex-police general Ferdy Sambo sentenced to ... (Jakarta Post)

The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday former National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his ...

The sentence is much harsher than the life in prison demanded by prosecutors for Ferdy as the principal perpetrator. Richard at the time was an enlisted officer who ranked lower than Yosua. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat and for tampering with evidence in orchestrating a cover-up.

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Former internal affairs boss Ferdy Sambo sentenced to death for ... (Coconuts Jakarta)

The South Jakarta District Court has sentenced former police general Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his aide Police Brigadier ...

Sambo was central in a web of conspiracy to cover up Yosua’s murder. The judge said there were no mitigating factors in favor of Sambo. They were also charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder, but prosecutors are seeking more lenient sentences for the four.

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Ferdy Sambo Sentenced to Death in Police Murder Case (English Tempo.co)

Ferdy Sambo, former head of the National Police's Professional and Security Division or Propam, was found guilty of murder of Brigadier J.

11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions in conjunction with Article 55(1) of the Criminal Code. The public prosecutor demanded Sambo be sentenced to life imprisonment because he was believed to have violated Article 340 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 (1) concerning premeditated murder. The Court found him guilty for the premeditated murder of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat a.k.a Brigadier J.

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Indonesian police general sentenced to death over killing of ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

In a case that gripped the nation, the police internal affairs chief claimed his aide died in a shootout after assaulting his wife, but judges rejected his ...

[Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here](https://www.theage.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p56l7u). Kamarudin Simanjuntak, a lawyer for the family, added: “The panel of judges is independent and is used by God. “There has been no general that has got a death sentence in a criminal case ... “[He] has thought of how to carry out the assassination. He said it should prompt a full evaluation of police practices and management “to prevent the birth of new Ferdy Sambo in the future”. Police had determined in their investigation that Sambo had fired a shot in the wall of his house with Hutabarat’s gun to create the impression that a shootout had taken place.

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Police general Ferdy Sambo sentenced to death over murder of his ... (CBS News)

Ferdy Sambo, a two-star general and former head of internal affairs for the national police, was named as a suspect after his bodyguard was found dead at ...

The judge said CCTV footage was deleted by a Sambo subordinate. There were yelps as the verdict was read, from a stunned public who did not expect the maximum sentence. and sentencing the defendant to death," presiding judge Wahyu Iman Santoso told the court.

Putri Gets 20 Years in Prison after Husband Ferdy Sambo ... (Jakarta Globe)

Putri did nothing to prevent her husband from murdering Yosua despite plenty of opportunities to do so, a judge said.

In several hearings, Putri, 49, claimed that she had been raped by Yosua, a police brigadier who was assigned as an assistant to Ferdy. Putri Candrawathi is a two-faced she-devil!” Rosti told reporters. Putri Candrawathi was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for her role in the murder of police officer Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, only a few hours after her husband Ferdy Sambo received the death sentence for becoming the mastermind of the murder.

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Ferdy Sambo Death Sentence; Judges Rule Element of Intent Proven (English Tempo.co)

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The South Jakarta District Court gave the death sentence to the former head of the National Police's Professional and Security Division ...

Ferdy is said to have asked his aide Ricky Rizal to kill Yosua before giving the order to Richard Eliezer. The panel of judges ruled Sambo guilty of committing the premeditated murder of his aide, Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat a.k.a. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The South Jakarta District Court gave the death sentence to the former head of the National Police's Professional and Security Division (Propam) Ferdy Sambo.

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KontraS Criticizes Death Penalty Sentenced to Ferdy Sambo (English Tempo.co)

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) criticized the death penalty sentenced to Ferdy Sambo in a police murder case.

The panel of judges led by Wahyu Iman Santoso asserted that Ferdy had been proven to be the mastermind behind the murder of his own aide. The South Jakarta District Court sentenced Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of Brigadier Nofriansah Yosua Hutabarat. KontraS stated that the punishment was not in line with the spirit of the moratorium on executions since 2016.

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Disgraced ex-police general Ferdy Sambo sentenced to death for ... (asianews.network)

JAKARTA – The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday former National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated ...

Subsequent public opinion polls following Yosua’s death found plummeting public trust in the police, leading to mounting calls for widespread reforms of the institution. Prosecutors in his case had said their sentence demand would have been greater if Richard had not eventually told investigators about the murder plot and agreed to cooperate with the authorities. The sentence is much harsher than the life in prison demanded by prosecutors for Ferdy as the principal perpetrator.

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'Sense of justice' in Ferdy Sambo case (Jakarta Post)

In a hearing on Monday, the South Jakarta District Court found Ferdy guilty of the premeditated murder of his aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, ...

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Death Sentence for Ferdy Sambo 'Apt Punishment,' Says Govt Official (English Tempo.co)

Minister Mahfud MD argues that the severe death sentence handed to Ferdy Sambo was appropriate in terms of the Law the defendant violated.

Wahyu mentioned a number of aspects that aggravated Ferdy Sambo's sentence. Judges found that [zero aspects that could relieve Sambo] so it ended with the death penalty,” said Mahfud in East Jakarta on February 13. They will face sentencing hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 and 15 February.. “The punishment would be reduced from the maximum that could be given. The panel of judges at the South Jakarta District Court handed down a death sentence to Ferdy Sambo in a hearing Monday, February 13, after the judges considered that there was nothing mitigating the case for the former Head of the National Police's Internal Affairs. Mahfud argues that the court handed the death row as the court judges failed to see any aspects that can reduce the defendant’s sentence in the murder scheme.

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Ex-senior cop Ferdy Sambo gets death for murder of bodyguard in ... (The Star Online)

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): An Indonesian court sentenced former police inspector-general Ferdy Sambo to death on Monday (Feb 13) for the ...

The police force was able to draft policies and budgets, in addition to carrying out day-to-day security management and law enforcement. Holding a framed photograph of Nofriansyah in court, his mother Rosita Simanjuntak burst into tears when the verdict was read. Court hearings also revealed that Ferdy was a very influential and respected figure whose orders were seldom disobeyed. Discrepancies soon emerged between official police statements and accounts by Nofriansyah’s family, who suspected foul play after seeing bruises and cuts on his body, in addition to bullet wounds. The defendant was also convoluted in giving information and did not admit to his crime.” The two-star general then staged the scene to make it look like a shoot-out between his two subordinates. The people have got justice.” But if Ferdy were to kill instead, he wouldn’t be able to protect everyone,” the judge said. He then placed the dead man’s gun back in his hand and manipulated it to fire at the opposite wall. That evening, at Ferdy’s residence in South Jakarta, Richard fired his Glock-17 three or four times at an unarmed Nofriansyah until he collapsed. She repeated her claim when they returned to Jakarta the next afternoon. “The defendant’s actions had also tarnished the institution of the National Police in the eyes of the Indonesian community and the international community.

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