Family of Bharada Hafizh Seeks Justice Over Alleged Extortion, Unpaid Salary
Family of Bharada Hafizh seeks justice over alleged extortion, bullying, and unpaid salary after internal police complaints stalled.
JAKARTA, JOURNALARTA.COM — Family of Bharada Hafizh Seeks Justice Over Alleged Extortion, Unpaid Salary after Ikmal Hakim filed a complaint with House Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. The complaint centers on allegations that his son, Bharada Muhammad Hafizh Pratama, an active member of Satbrimob of the Bangka Belitung Regional Police, faced bullying, extortion, and physical violence from seniors.
The case has now moved beyond internal police desks and into parliament. For the family, the shift matters because they say every route inside the force has been tried — from the leadership of Satbrimob Babel Police, to Itwasda, Bidpropam, Brimob Corps headquarters in Kelapa Dua, Depok, and then to National Police Headquarters.
From internal reports to Parliament
Ikmal said the family kept following official channels because they wanted the institution to fix the problem from within. Instead, he said, they met silence or dead ends. That is why they turned to Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, human rights, and police matters in Indonesia.
“We have sought justice through official channels. But instead of protection, our child’s report was treated as a reason to avoid duty,” Ikmal said in the complaint process.
According to Ikmal, the pressure on Hafizh did not stop at verbal threats. He said seniors repeatedly asked his son to hand over his bank balance, allegedly under the pretext of borrowing or exchanging money. When Hafizh refused, the family says the pressure escalated into threats and physical assaults that left him shaken.
Ikmal also said the family’s trip to the Brimob Corps in Depok led to a worrying recommendation from the local Paminal unit. Hafizh, the family was told, should serve temporarily at Brimob Corps rather than return to Babel because his mental condition was considered not ready. For the family, that suggestion confirmed the trauma was real.
But the situation changed again when an order later emerged for Hafizh to return to his original unit in Bangka Belitung. He refused. In his view, that was the source of the trauma. The family then returned to National Police Headquarters, where Hafizh was advised to undergo a psychiatric examination at Kramat Jati Police Hospital to clinically confirm his condition.
Online gambling findings fuel anger
What has sharpened the family’s frustration is the outcome of the Paminal sub-directorate of the Babel Police Bidpropam, working with Satbrimob Provos. The investigation said the alleged extortion and threats reported by Hafizh were not proven.
Yet the same document found four Satbrimob members guilty of disciplinary violations linked to online gambling. The officers named were Bharatu Muhammad Noverizal, Bharada Superahadi, Bharada Edy Mustofa, and Bharada M. Isnul Fajar.
The four were recommended only for disciplinary hearings and later reportedly transferred out of Bangka Belitung. Ikmal said that outcome made no sense. “We do not understand the standard of justice used in this case. Online gambling was proven, yet the sanction was only a disciplinary hearing. Meanwhile, our child, who reported the case, had to fight his trauma alone,” he said.
The complaint also touches a bigger issue for the National Police. Chief of Police instructions against online gambling inside the force have been strict, with violations potentially leading to severe sanctions, including dishonorable discharge, known as PTDH. That is why the family says the lighter handling in this case raises questions about consistency and enforcement.
Salary dispute turns into a broader test
Ikmal also said Hafizh’s rights remain unresolved, including salary payments that he claims have not been made even though his son still holds active police status. He pointed to the ethics hearing result, which stated that as long as a PTDH decree has not been issued, a member’s rights must still be granted.
“The proof is that my son is still holding on as a police member. He still loves this institution. What we are seeking is not pity, but justice,” Ikmal said.
The complaint sent to Commission III asks lawmakers to step in and monitor how the case is handled. That makes the dispute bigger than one family’s grievance. It tests how seriously the police handle reports from their own members, especially when the allegations involve seniority abuse, internal discipline, and the public campaign against online gambling inside the force.
For ordinary Indonesians, the case also cuts to trust. When a young officer says he reported abuse but ended up feeling abandoned, the issue is no longer private. It becomes a question about whether police oversight works when the complaint comes from inside the institution itself.
As of this report, the Satbrimob of the Bangka Belitung Regional Police and Bidpropam of the Babel Police had not issued an official response to the complaint filed by Ikmal’s family to the DPR, according to KBO Babel.
