Alleged gambling operator could face light sentence<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor demanded on Tuesday that the
\nCentral Jakarta District Court sentence an alleged gambling
\noperator to 10 months imprisonment with eight months for his
\nthree employees.<\/p>\n
The demand, however, was far lower than the term suggested in
\nArticle 303 of the Criminal Code, which proposes a maximum 10
\nyears in jail for any person convicted of purposely offering or
\ngranting gambling opportunities.<\/p>\n
\"I ask the court to sentence the first defendant (gambling
\noperator) to 10 months in jail, and the second, third and fourth
\ndefendants, who are employees of the first defendant, to eight
\nmonths in jail each,\" prosecutor Samadi Budisyam said.<\/p>\n
Samadi told the hearing that the Central Jakarta Police
\ndetectives arrested Charles Pakpahan, 48, and his four employees,
\non the charge of running an illegal operation of judi buntut in
\nRoom No. 1907 of Block B of the Oasis Apartments in Central
\nJakarta on Feb. 29 this year.<\/p>\n
Charles's four employees were identified as Lukdin Pakpahan,
\n39, who died of severe stress at the Salemba Penitentiary in
\nCentral Jakarta earlier this year; Ronal Pakpahan, 22; Rano Said,
\n22, and Irsal alias Sal, 33.<\/p>\n
Judi buntut, also known as togel or toto gelap, is a lottery
\nbased on four numbers released every two or three days by dozens
\nof gambling operators.<\/p>\n
Samadi said the operation run by Charles, comprised bets from
\nthree different types, namely Karya Bhakti, Jaya Bhakti and Dana
\nBhakti.<\/p>\n
\"Charles was the operator who prepared the ticket books, the
\ncodes and decided on the winning numbers,\" Samadi said.<\/p>\n
To date, it is not known how operators select the winning
\nnumbers.<\/p>\n
Upon leaving the courtroom, all four defendants warmly shook
\nhands with Samadi and thanked him for demanding light sentences
\nat the hearing.<\/p>\n
Togel has simple rules. Those who correctly guess the last two
\nof the four winning numbers announced are paid 60 times what they
\nbet.<\/p>\n
Those who match all four winning numbers receive 2,500 times
\nwhat they bet.<\/p>\n
Most togel operators have agents across the city. An agent
\nusually works for more than one operator.<\/p>\n
Samadi said Irsal, who worked five days for Charles at a daily
\nrate of Rp 20,000, worked as the Tanah Abang coordinator for
\nKarya Bhakti.<\/p>\n
His work consisted of getting the ticket books from Charles,
\npassing them out to agents in the capital and getting the numbers
\nfrom the agents.<\/p>\n
Samadi said Lukdin, who worked 20 days for Charles at a daily
\nrate of Rp 50,000 (US$5.80), received the numbers from field
\ncoordinators for Jaya Bhakti, which each day earns up to Rp 4
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Ronal, who worked 10 days at a daily rate of Rp 20,000,
\nreceived the numbers from the field coordinators for Karya
\nBhakti, which each day earns up to Rp 12 million.<\/p>\n
Rano, who worked for a month on a daily salary of Rp 20,000
\nreceived the numbers from the field coordinators for Dana Bhakti.
\n(ylt)<\/p>",
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