Murder of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat

[8] Hutabarat was raised at Suka Makmur, a village in Sungai Bahar districts on Muaro Jambi Regency.

[9] Hutabarat was scheduled to graduate from the Faculty of Law in Universitas Terbuka (Open University; UTI) in August 2022.

[15] The relatives reportedly discovered multiple bruises, facial incisions, finger injuries, and a burn mark on his body.

[12][14] On 11 July 2022, the relatives alleged that hundreds of police officers, in a bus and 10 cars, were intimidating them by "encircling" their houses and demanding that the family not record any photos and videos.

[15] On the same day, Brigadier General Hendra Kurniawan, who represented Indonesian National Police when returning Hutabarat's body to his family, stated that he didn't allow photos and video recordings to be made because the case was related to sexual violence, as Hutabarat allegedly harassed Candrawathi.

[18] Hutabarat's family contested the police account of events, claiming he was killed in a "premeditated murder"[19][14] after being tortured over an alleged affair with Sambo's wife.

Contacts and messages from his mobile phones had also been deleted, while CCTV cameras at the house were initially said to be out of order before footage was uncovered from around the crime scene.

[14] Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, said the result of the second autopsy would be made public.

[24] On 27 July, Hutabarat's body was exhumed and subjected to a second, independently scrutinised autopsy at Sungai Bahar General Hospital in Muaro Jambi.

[28] On 28 July, Candrawathi claimed to be suffering from heavy trauma and was being treated by psychologists due to Hutabarat's alleged harassment.

Like Ma'ruf, Rizal allegedly knew about the plan to murder Hutabarat and refused to report the crime to the authorities.

Despite these assurances, Eliezer continued to be the sole suspect for the murder, prompting him to provide the police with a more accurate testimony that contradicted Sambo's version of events.

[38] Sambo had orchestrated the murder, and afterwards had fired multiple pistol shots into a wall in an attempt to show a gunfight had led to Hutabarat's death.

[45] On 26 August 2022, Sambo was dishonorably discharged or dismissed (PTDH, Pemberhentian Tidak Dengan Hormat) from the police force.

[59] On 22 July, a small group gathered on Bundaran HI in Jakarta to light 1,000 candles demanding justice for Hutabarat.

[62] On 26 August, Masril, a man from Pekanbaru, Riau, was arrested for posting allegations of Sambo being connected to gambling on his TikTok account.

[67] In parallel with the murder trial, seven former officers including Sambo were tried on charges of obstruction of justice related to alleged cover-ups and destruction of evidence.

[68] In January 2023, the court rejected allegations that Hutabarat had raped, sexually assaulted or had an extramarital affair with Sambo's wife, Putri Candrawathi.

[69] Prosecutors said Candrawathi had invented the story that she had been raped by Hutabarat, and had repeatedly changed her version of events leading up to the shooting.

[70] On 13 February 2023, Sambo was found "legally and convincingly guilty" of the premeditated murder of Hutabarat and sentenced to death.

[76] On 15 and 16 February 2023, lawyers for four defendants (Ma'ruf, Sambo, Candrawathi and Rizal) submitted appeals against their sentences;[77] prosecutors lodged counter-appeals.

[84] On 27 February 2023, South Jakarta District Court sentenced two former police officers, Hendra Kurniawan and Agus Nurpatria, to three and two years in prison respectively, for their role in the attempted cover-up of Hutabarat's murder.