Richard Eliezer Gets More Lenient Sentence for Murder of Brigadier J
His sentence is lighter than the 12 years prosecutors were seeking.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia court sentenced Second Patrolman Richard Eliezer (Bharada E) to one year and six months for his role as the shooter for the murder of his colleague Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat (Brigadier J). His sentence is lighter than the 12 years prosecutors were seeking. The panel of judges granted his appeal to be a justice collaborator in the murder case that caused widespread unrest in the community. His status as a justice collaborator has mitigated the defendant’s punishment. Bharada E shot Brigadier J on the orders of their then superior Ferdy Sambo, a two-st...