Appeals Court reduces Agus Isrok's sentence<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Military Appeals Court has reduced
\nthe sentence handed down by a lower court in the drug case
\ninvolving Second Lt. Agus Isrok, the son of former Army Chief of
\nStaff Gen. (ret.) Subagyo Hadisiswoyo.<\/p>\n
In its ruling, the Military Appeals Court halved Agus'
\nsentence to two years imprisonment, allowed him to stay in the
\nmilitary and reduced his Rp 10 million fine to Rp 3 million.<\/p>\n
But commander of the Jakarta military police Col. Yustiono
\nsaid on Friday that notwithstanding the court's ruling, Agus
\nwould still be discharged from the Army as he had exceeded the
\ntolerable period of three months for absence from duty while
\nserving his jail term.<\/p>\n
\"Military regulations stipulate that a soldier who is absent
\nfrom duty for three months must be discharged. But in this case,
\nwe will give him an honorable discharge,\" Yustiono told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Agus, 23, had been sentenced to four years in prison by the
\nJakarta Military Tribunal, which also fined him Rp 10 million and
\nordered his discharge from the Army.<\/p>\n
The tribunal found Agus guilty of violating Article 78 (1) of
\nLaw No. 22\/1997 on narcotics, which carries a maximum sentence of
\n10 years imprisonment, as well as Article 62 of Law No. 5\/1997 on
\npsychotropic substances, which carries a maximum sentence of five
\nyears.<\/p>\n
Agus' defense council Col. Afandi said recently that the panel
\nof judges who heard Agus' appeal ruled last Friday that the
\nappellant deserved a lighter punishment on the grounds that he
\nwas still young and was not in possession of drugs.<\/p>\n
West Jakarta Police apprehended Agus, a member of the Army
\nSpecial Forces (Kopassus) Group IV, and his friend in a hotel
\nroom in West Jakarta in August of last year. From the two men the
\npolice seized a matchbox containing three small packets of
\ncrystal methamphetamine, locally called shabu-shabu, and a packet
\nof marijuana, which fell out of Agus' right pocket.<\/p>\n
The police also found 1.6 kilograms of shabu-shabu, 6,218
\necstasy pills, 27.9 grams of heroin and 25 packets of valium
\npills in a large black bag which was hidden in a cabinet in the
\nhotel room.<\/p>\n
Agus, however, denied that the incriminating items belonged to
\nhim.<\/p>\n
Yustiono said Agus had been given 14 days to consider a
\nfurther appeal or to accept the sentence. Pending his decision,
\nAgus will be returned to his unit from Jakarta military police
\ncustody.<\/p>\n
If Agus accepts the appeals court verdict, he will serve the
\nremainder of his sentence in the military penitentiary in Cimahi,
\nYustiono said.<\/p>\n
Separately, the commander general of Kopassus Maj. Gen. Amirul
\nIsnaini said he was unsure as to whether to assign duties to Agus
\nduring his brief return to his unit.<\/p>\n
Amirul asserted, however, that Agus would not receive a
\ncommand brevet and, therefore, did not deserve to belong to the
\ncorps.<\/p>\n
Amirul also said that Kopassus would not intervene in the
\nlegal process in Agus' case. (02)<\/p>",
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