Conviction New religious movements Guru-led movement or ashram Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia · 2017

Indonesia: Dimas Kanjeng convicted of murdering followers who threatened to expose his money-multiplying 'powers'

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

padepokan leader claiming supernatural money-multiplying powers

Organization

Padepokan Dimas Kanjeng, Probolinggo

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The victims were his own followers, killed to protect the supernatural claim that bound the rest — belief was both the lure and the motive.

Prosperity, divination, or curse-removal claim
Guru or spiritual-teacher authority

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Proceedings

2017-08-01 · conviction and sentence

Pengadilan Negeri Kraksaan, Indonesia. Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi, whose Probolinggo padepokan drew thousands with claimed money-multiplying powers, was convicted on 1 August 2017 of the premeditated murders of two of his own followers, Abdul Ghani and Ismail Hidayah, who had threatened to expose the fraud, and sentenced to 18 years; a separate fraud conviction followed. He was paroled in 2025.

Documented coercion mechanisms

followers' belief in his supernatural powers
killings of insiders who threatened exposure

Cited record

Sources

national news agency verdict and sentencing report Antara: 'Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi divonis 18 tahun penjara'.: The national news agency's court report.
national newspaper court reporting disposition update Detik: parole facts recap.: Documents the conviction history and 2025 parole.

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Source and tier basis: https://jatim.antaranews.com/berita/202515/dimas-kanjeng-taat-pribadi-divonis-18-tahun-penjara Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 eeb251dd32facc53df7ed30e6fec40bffd512351909c9cadcfda7a28f5bb9ccc
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.detik.com/jatim/hukum-dan-kriminal/d-7932651/7-fakta-dimas-kanjeng-taat-pribadi-kini-bebas-bersyarat Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: disposition-update. SHA-256 52eacb15c5df6cd5c7afd618561f3780beb58bd75392d32e04deba0355c881c1
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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