Inp.polri.go.id - Palembang.  An Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier accused of fatally shooting three police officers during a gambling raid in Way Kanan, Lampung, has been charged with multiple criminal offenses.

Corporal Bazarsah appeared at the Palembang Military Court on Wednesday (11/6/2025) as prosecutors laid out layered charges, including premeditated murder under Article 340 of the Criminal Code, with subsidiary charges of ordinary murder under Article 338. 

He also faces charges under the Emergency Law No. 12/1951 for illegal possession of firearms and under Article 303 for gambling-related crimes, according to antaranews.com

The incident, which killed Assistant Senior Inspector (posthumous) Lusiyanto, Assistant Second Inspector (posthumous) Petrus Apriyanto, and Second Brigadier (posthumous) M. Ghalib Surya Ganta, occurred during a raid on an illegal cockfighting arena.

The court ordered Bazarsah’s continued detention and summoned 31 witnesses. His legal counsel did not file an objection.

(mg/inp/pr/rs)