TIME.CO, Jakarta – The premeditated murder defendant Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat or Brigadier J, Ferdi Sambodenied involvement in gambling on line and drugs as stated by Joshua’s family lawyer, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, during a trial at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
“I have never involved the institutions in this incident (murder) but personally because it happened. As a Special Task Force, I am not involved in drugs or gambling on lineinstead I uprooted it, “said Ferdy Sambo when he opposed Kamaruddin’s statement.
He also denied allegations that investigators sided with him. According to him, he will not sit in the defendant’s chair in the trial, if the investigators side with him. “As for the investigators siding with me, I also object to that because if the investigators sided with me, my wife and I wouldn’t be here,” he said.
Earlier, Kamaruddin said he received information that the former head of the National Police’s Security Professions Division (Propam) was suspected of being involved in gambling. on line. He said the source was reluctant to reveal his identity because he was still active in their agency.
“There is more information that is gambling on line, this is the message that came to us. But the person who provided the information didn’t want his name revealed because he was still active in their agency, ”Kamaruddin said.
Ferdy Sambo, in addition to holding the strategic position of Head of the Propam Division, also leads the Red and White Special Task Force or the Red and White Task Force. The Red and White Task Force is a special team formed when Tito Karnavian was still the National Police Chief at the end of 2016. Satgassus is a non-structural team in the National Police Institute.
The Task Force is tasked with carrying out investigations and investigations into criminal acts that are to the attention of domestic and foreign leaders. In detail, a number of cases handled by this Task Force include psychotropic substances, drugs, money laundering, criminal acts of corruption and electronic information and transaction (ITE) issues.
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Ferdy Sambo began occupying the top position of the Red and White Task Force in May 2020. At that time he held the position of Director of General Crimes in the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit.
However, when the premeditated murder case against his aide was revealed, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo immediately disabled Ferdy Sambo from the Propam Division Chief and the Satgassus Chief. National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo officially dissolved this special task force on August 11, 2022.
In addition, a scheme called Consorzio 303 has appeared. The mention of the 303 code refers to article 303 of the criminal code on gambling. The 303 consortium is said to be an online gambling network suspected of involving Ferdy Sambo and high-ranking police officers.
The issue of Consortium 303 emerged in mid-August, through a chain message containing the outline of an online gambling network. The diagram mentions that Ferdy Sambo, among bookmakers, is known as “Emperor Sambo”.
However, on September 29, the head of the National Police’s Public Relations Division, Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo, claimed that the Bareskrim had tracked down the 303 Consortium. So far, he said, the Bareskrim had not found the 303 Consortium.
Additionally, Dedi said the police are committed to eradicating gambling on line. According to him, during the period of 2022, police uncovered 612 cases with 760 suspects and bookmakers accused of money laundering or money laundering. “The case of gambling complies with your commitment” Chief of Police they continue to be eradicated, “Dedi said
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