Karel Fatem alias Gelek (Case no. 207)
Detainees- Gender
- Male
- Age when first arrested
- 20
- Age group when first arrested
- 18-24 (young adult)
- Date of arrest
- May 14, 2023
- Place of origin
- Maybrat Regency
- Reason of arrest
- Accused of committing murder
- Arrested by (Institution)
- Police
- Arrested by (Unit)
- Polres Maybrat
- Type of violation
- Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
- Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
- Article(s) during arrest
- Article 340 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
- Article(s) in indictment
- Article 170 (2) Criminal Code
- Article 338 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
- Article 340 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
- Article 353 (3) jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code.
- Article(s) in prosecution
- Article 340 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
- Article(s) in verdict
- Article 340 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
- Final sentence
- More than 10 years
- Exact sentence
- 20 years
- Date of sentencing
- Jan 29, 2024
- Place of the first detention
- Polres Sorong
- Place of the second detention
- Polres Maybrat
- Place of imprisonment
- Lapas Kelas IIB Sorong
- Concerns reported
- Torture
- Current status
- Imprisoned
- Sources
HRDs on the ground | Supreme Court | Benar News | Sorongraya.co
- Additional description
Maybrat police officers arrested Karel Fatem at SP 2 in Sorong Regency on 14 May 2023 afternoon. He was arrested for his alleged involvement in the attack on Posramil Kisor that killed four TNI soldiers. In its development, Fatem was also charged with being involved in the murder of a soldier named Miskel Rumbiak who was on duty working on a bridge in Aifuf.
For the Posramil Kisor case (207/Pid.B/2023/PN Son), prosecutors demanded that Fatem be sentenced to 20 years in prison. As for the Miskel Rumbiak case (257/Pid.B/2023/PN Son), the prosecutor demanded that the defendant be sentenced to death.
On 7 January 2024, Fatem became one of 53 prisoners who escaped from Sorong Prison. He was recaptured by South Sorong Police on 29 January 2024.
- Related detention facility
Latitude: -0.9583263908834153
Longitude: 131.33538757716641
- Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
- Polres SorongPolres MaybratLapas Kelas IIB Sorong
- Related event
- Attack on Kisor military post
- Murder of Miskel Rumbiak