Agus receives discharge, 4-year sentence<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Army Second Lt. Agus Isrok stood motionless when
\na military court discharged him from the Army on Thursday in
\naddition to sentencing him to four years in prison and fining him
\nRp 10 million (US$1,176).<\/p>\n
Agus, the oldest son of former Army chief Gen. Subagyo
\nHadisiswoyo and an active member of Group IV of the Army's
\nSpecial Force (Kopassus), was found guilty by the Military Court
\nof possession of narcotics and psychotropic substances on Aug. 8
\nlast year.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant's actions directly contradicts everything what
\nan Army soldier should stand for. He has disgraced the name and
\nimage of the Army, and Kopassus in particular,\" presiding judge
\nCol. Sarman Mulyana said in a quivering voice.<\/p>\n
Agus, 25, will spend his jail term in a cell at the Jakarta
\nMilitary Police Command.<\/p>\n
\"He is unfit to be an Army soldier. If he remains a soldier,
\nthe court fears that he will repeat his wrongful actions again.
\nTherefore, the court discharges him from all military duties as
\nan additional punishment to four years in prison.\"<\/p>\n
The defendant violated Paragraph 1 of Article 78 of Law No.
\n22\/1997 on narcotics, which carries a maximum sentence of 10
\nyears in jail, and Article 62 of Law No. 5\/1997 on psychotropic
\nsubstances, which carries a maximum sentence of five years
\nimprisonment.<\/p>\n
The jail sentence handed down to the defendant by the military
\ncourt was heavier than the three-year jail term earlier demanded
\nby military prosecutors P. Simorangkir and Zulkifli M.<\/p>\n
\"He was only thinking about his own pleasure, and did not
\nbother to think about the grief he caused his family and corps,\"
\njudge Sarman said.<\/p>\n
After consulting with his lawyers, Agus told the court that he
\nwould appeal to the Military High Court.<\/p>\n
Agus was arrested along with Donny Hendrian by the West
\nJakarta Police at a hotel in West Jakarta, at 2 a.m. on Aug. 8
\nlast year.<\/p>\n
In room number 408 of the hotel, then West Jakarta Police
\nchief of operational control Maj. Sambudi Gustian confiscated a
\nmatchbox which dropped from \"the right hip of the defendant's
\nbody,\" Sarman said.<\/p>\n
The matchbox contained three small packets of shabu-shabu
\n(crystal methamphetamine) and a packet of marijuana.<\/p>\n
Sambudi also confiscated 1.6 kilograms of shabu-shabu, 6,218
\necstasy pills, 27.9 grams of heroin and 25 packets of Valium
\npills from a large black bag which was hidden in a cabinet in the
\nhotel room.<\/p>\n
The West Jakarta District Court sentenced Donny in April to
\nnine years and six months in jail for possession of the drugs in
\nthe bag.<\/p>\n
While Agus seemed unaffected by the verdict and waved to
\nreporters after he was escorted to the defendant's room, his
\nlawyer, Lt. Col. A. Afandi, announced that the court's decision
\nwas unfair.<\/p>\n
\"We (lawyers) feel that it has not been proven that the
\nmatchbox fell from the body of the defendant,\" Afandi said.<\/p>\n
The court's verdict temporarily brings an end to the suspense
\nsurrounding the police, the military and the general public from
\nthe time Agus was apprehended last year.<\/p>\n
Agus gave the name Deky Setiawan at the time of his arrest,
\nbut when police discovered his true identity during questioning,
\nhe was immediately escorted to his father's house, reportedly on
\nan order from then city police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho
\nDjajoesman.<\/p>\n
The media caught wind of the arrest when the initial police
\nreport and information regarding the handover to Agus' father was
\nleaked.<\/p>\n
In subsequent police reports, however, Agus' name was deleted,
\nand former National Police chief Gen. Roesmanhadi and the Jakarta
\nPolice denied any knowledge of the arrest in the weeks following
\nthe arrest. (ylt)<\/p>",
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