JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The Medan District Court on Wednesday (June 22) began the trial of Aditya Hasibuan, the son of a recently dishonourably discharged police officer, on charges of assaulting a university student.
Aditya Hasibuan is indicted with assault under Article 351 of the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail, and also criminal damage to property under Article 406 with a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.
Aditya allegedly assaulted 19-year-old university student Ken Admiral on Dec. 21, 2022 and damaged his car. The next day, the victim went to Aditya’s house in Medan to demand compensation but Aditya allegedly assaulted him in front of his father, Achiruddin Hasibuan.
Instead of intervening, Achiruddin did nothing to prevent the assault and ordered his subordinate to point a weapon at Ken.
In May, Achiruddin was dishonourably discharged for failing to intervene in the alleged assault. He held a middle officer rank of Adj. Sr. Comr. and was chief of operations at the provincial police narcotics division prior to his discharge.
Earlier this month, the North Sumatra Police named Achiruddin a suspect for allegedly accepting protection money from an illegal fuel distributor.
Achiruddin allegedly received Rp 7.5 million (US$503) each month from PT Almira Nusa Raya, which operated an unlicensed fuel warehouse.
Two people from the company have also been named suspects. The police are also looking into money-laundering allegations against the disgraced police officer.
Permanent Secretary U Chan Aye of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Dicky Komar, the Chargés d'affaires of the Indonesian Embassy in Yangon, met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naypyidaw on June 22.
In the meeting, they exchanged views on strengthening the existing friendship and cooperation between Myanmar and Indonesia and discussed issues such as humanitarian assistance from Indonesia to Myanmar for people affected by Cyclone Mocha, repatriation issues of Indonesian citizens who are facing difficulties in the border region of Myanmar, and mutual cooperation in the regional and international fronts, including Asean.
During the meeting, the permanent secretary clarified the Chargés d'affaires of the Indonesian Embassy on the current development conditions of Myanmar, the implementation of Asean's five common aspirations and the challenges faced by terrorist acts and subversive acts in doing so, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
