The Mimika Police, which is backed up by the Directorate of General Investigation and Criminal Investigation at the Papua Regional Police, managed to carry out three of the nine murders and mutilations of four residents in a village in Mimika Regency, Papua Province on August 22, 2022.

From these arrests, the police also managed to keep a number of evidences in the form of tens of rupiah in cash and one short-barreled firearm from the hands of the perpetrators. Meanwhile, the other six perpetrators who managed to successfully hand over to the Military Police where the alleged perpetrators are Army Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Brigade Kostrad / Ima Jaya Keramo.

The Director of General Investigation and Criminal Investigation at the Papua Regional Police, Police Commissioner Faizal Rahmadani, said that the incident of premeditated murder and mutilation was not revealed from the discovery of two bodies at a location by local residents and developed to involve many suspects. In addition, according to Faizal, police reports from residents who feel they have lost their relatives.

"It started with the discovery of the body. Then from the discovery of the body, it developed into cases involving many suspects. The basis of this 27th case is the August 2022 police report related to the loss of a family member from the resident on behalf of Arnold Lokbere which was reported since 22 August 2022," explained Rahmadani Pol Faizal in Timika, Monday 29 August 2022.

From the results of the police investigation, there were four residents who were victims of this sadistic murder. Where two people have been found in a condition that is not intact anymore.

Of the four missing people, 2 of them were found in different places around Timika's Poumako River with mutilated bodies. Until now, the local police are still finding the whereabouts of the other two victims as well as the remains of the bodies of the two victims who had been found previously.

“So far, we have gathered at least four people who have become victims. The first in the name of Arnold Lokbere, Leman Nirigi, Iriani Nirigi and the fourth is Abistini. Of the four victims, two have been found where only the bodies of the victims without heads and legs were found, the two victims were Arnold Lokbere and Leman Nirigi. Both were found in different places. Meanwhile, the bodies of the two other residents, Irian Nirigi and Artistini, have not been found yet,” said Pol Kombes Faizal Rahmadani.

From the police investigation, the chronology of the incident occurred due to the manipulation of the sale of firearms offered by the perpetrators to the victims. The victims are suspected of belonging to the Armed Criminal Group network. The perpetrators after meeting with the victims then carried out the killings of the victims. The victims were then dumped in the river. In addition, the car used for the victims was burned by the perpetrators to eliminate traces.
The chronology of events in this case is that this incident began with the manipulation of firearm sales transactions carried out by the perpetrators. Then from the engineering of the perpetrators then brutally killed the lives of the victims and took a sum of money worth 250 million rupiah. It started on August 22, 2022.” Said Kombes Faizal Rahmadani.

In this case, the local police have examined at least nine witnesses, of which ten people have been identified as suspects. Four people are civilians of which three people already have the local police and one other person is still on the DPO by the police. Meanwhile, according to Faizal, six soldiers from the Army are currently being detained by the Military Police of the Cenderawasih Military Command.

The six TNI-AD members who were detained by the Military Police of the Cenderawasih Military Command were Mayor (Inf) Helmanto Fransiskus Dakhi, Captain Dominggus Kainama, Private Pargo Rumbouw, Private Rizky Oktav Muliawan, Private Rahmat Amin Sese and Private Robertus Putra Clinsman.

We have examined at least nine witnesses. In this case, indeed, during the examination of the witnesses, there were about ten suspects out of ten suspects, three of whom were civilians and were already at the Timika Police. Then one person is still on the DPO and the other six people have been owned by colleagues from the Military Police of the Cenderawasih Military Command.” Obviously Faizal.

According to Faizal, the motive for this sadistic murder case is purely robbery, where the police are still exploring the roles of each of the perpetrators. But for the brains of the perpetrators of cash