An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced former police general Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his own aide Joshua Nopryansyah Hutabarat.
JAKARTA - An Indonesian court on Monday (Feb 13) sentenced a former police general to death for orchestrating the murder of his bodyguard, in a case that has gripped the Southeast Asian country for months. Ferdy Sambo, an ex-inspector general and head of internal affairs with the national police whose trial began in October, appeared before a panel of three.
Head of Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Atnike Nova Sigiro expects that death sentence in Indonesia can be abolished in the .
South Jakarta District Court found Ferdy Sambo's personal assistant, Kuat Ma'ruf, guilty of the premeditated murder of Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua .