Indonesian cop murder: Ferdy’s wife charged

Police’s General Supervision Inspectorate chief Comr Gen Agung Budi Maryoto (centre) gives an announcement about the alleged premeditated murder of former internal affairs chief Insp Gen Ferdy Sambo’s aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat on Aug 19, 2022. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The National Police have named former internal affairs chief Insp Gen Ferdy Sambo’s wife Putri Candrawathi as a suspect in the premeditated murder of her own aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

“The investigators have conducted thorough investigations; [based on] available evidence, they have named her a suspect,” General Supervision Inspectorate chief Comr Gen Agung Budi Maryoto said in an announcement on Friday (Aug 19) as quoted by Tempo.