The South Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday former National Police internal affairs chief Ferdy Sambo to death for the premeditated murder of his own aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat and for tampering with evidence in orchestrating a cover-up.

A SENIOR POLICE officer in Kanchanaburi province, who was transferred to Bangkok pending an investigation into his handling of the much-publicised Bt30-million lottery scandal, will be charged with dereliction of duty.