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View all search resultsReprieve as cop shooter gets lenient sentence
Accomplice Richard Eliezer’s police career still up in air.
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T
he 18-month prison sentence handed down to Second Patrolman Richard Eliezer, the National Police officer who fired at least one of the bullets in the 2022 murder of his colleague and later exposed the plot to authorities, has sent a message that the country’s court system is willing to reward cooperation, analysts have said.
But Richard is not off the hook just yet, as questions remain regarding whether a murder accomplice can or should be welcomed back into the corps.
On Wednesday, in the last of the trials over the July 2022 killing of Brig. Novfriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, a panel of judges at the South Jakarta District Court found Richard guilty of abetting the murder.
The bench said Richard’s cooperation with authorities justified the lighter, 18-month sentence, a fraction of the 12 years sought by prosecutors.
The role of “justice collaborator”, which Richard undertook, is offered to a perpetrator of a crime who is willing to work with law enforcement to reveal the details of a case and the roles of other culprits.
Poengky Indarti of the National Police Commission said the ruling showed the judges’ acknowledgement of Richard’s role in bringing crucial evidence to the case.
“Richard’s trial was [carried out] under extraordinary terms. Specifically, it has shown that justice collaborators can get the recognition they deserve,” she told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
