Marianus Sae, Bupati Ngada Ditetapkan sebagai Tersangka Blokir Bandara
Marianus Sae, Ngada District Head Named as Suspect in Airport Blockade
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Kupang (B2B) - Marianus Sae, Bupati Ngada, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) telah ditetapkan menjadi tersangka dalam kasus pemblokiran Bandara Turelelo Soa, pada Sabtu 21 Desember. Penetapan tersangka itu dilakukan meski sang bupati belum diperiksa.
“Kini Bupati Ngada sudah ditetapkan sebagai tersangka atas tindakannya memerintah Pol PP memblokir Bandara Turelelo Soa, namun Polda NTT barulah akan melakukan pemeriksaan setelah tahun baru,” kata Kapolda NTT, Brigjen Pol I Ketut Untung Yoga, Senin (30/12/2013).
Penetapan tersangka itu dilakukan setelah polisi melakukan pemeriksaan terhadap sejumlah saksi. Sesuai hasil penyelidikan sementara, perintah tindakan bupati itu mengarah pada tindakan pidana sehingga ditetapkan sebagai tersangka.
Dia juga membantah telah melakukan pembiaran pada aksi blokir bandara, karena sebelumnya sudah berkoordinasi dengan Polres Ngada. Padahal sebelumnya, Kasat Pol PP Ngada, mengungkapkan rencana pemblokiran itu sudah diketahui Kapolres Ngada.
Dengan penetapan bupati sebagai tersangka, maka dalam kasus blokir bandara saat ini terdapat 16 tersangka. Sebelumnya, polisi sudah menetapkan 15 orang anggota Satpol PP sebagai tersangka dalam kasus tersebut.
Kupang (B2B) - Police have named the Ngada District Head Marianus Sae as suspect in the blocking of Turelelo airport in the district on December 21.
"He was named as suspect after a team of investigators from the district, provincial and national police questioned 15 public order agency (Satpol PP) officers last week," stated Head of the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Police Brig. Gen. Untung Yoga, here on Monday.
Based on the questioning, the police suspected the Ngada district head of violating Article 421 of the 2009 Aviation Law by ordering other people to commit a criminal offense, he noted.
If found guilty, Marianus will be sentenced to anything up to 2.8 years in jail.
"The police will still interrogate a number of parties including the Turelelo airport authorities and the management of Merpati Nusantara Airlines as witnesses in the case," he added.
On December 21, Marianus allegedly instructed public order officers in the district to block the airports runway with their cars after he was denied a seat on a fully-booked Merpati flight from El Tari Airport in Kupang, capital of East Nusa Tenggara province to Turelelo Airpot.
As a result, the Merpati plane carrying 54 passengers could not land at the Turelelo Airport and hence, returned to El Tari Airport.
The police have named 15 public order officers suspects in the case.
Untung stated that the Ngada district head will be questioned at the provincial police station early next year.
"We will question him at the provincial police station. It is unlikely for the Ngada district police to question him," he added.
