Girl gets 10 months for drug trafficking<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the West Jakarta District Court
\nsentenced on Monday a 13-year-old girl to 10 months in jail for
\ntrafficking 170 grams of marijuana.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant has been found guilty of violating chapter 82
\nof the 1997 Law on Narcotics,\" Judge M. Ismail told the court.<\/p>\n
The chapter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail and
\na maximum fine of Rp 1 billion (US$138,900).<\/p>\n
The verdict was twice as heavy as the prosecutor's demand of
\nonly five months in jail.<\/p>\n
Ismail said the defendant, Teti Haerani bin Sayum, a sixth-
\ngrade student at an elementary school in West Jakarta, was
\narrested by police along with her mother on Sept. 11 at their
\nhouse on Jl. Angsana Raya.<\/p>\n
\"The police seized 170 grams of marijuana which was kept in a
\npillowcase at the house,\" said Ismail.<\/p>\n
Ismail said the defendant had admitted to being the owner of
\nthe marijuana, packed in 17 paper packages.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant also admitted she had been asked by her mother
\nto sell the drugs to those who needed them,\" he said at the trial
\nsession which was open to the public but only attended by the
\ndefendant's mother Nurainun Lubis, prosecutor Fachrurozy and two
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
Nurainun, in her 20's, is to be tried at a separate hearing.<\/p>\n
Ismail, however, asserted that the defendant did not enjoy the
\nrevenues of the mother-and-daughter drug business.<\/p>\n
\"She admitted that all the proceeds of the sales were handed
\nover to her mother. She got nothing,\" he said.<\/p>\n
It was Nurainun who prepared the drugs for sale by putting the
\nmarijuana in three different sizes of envelopes, costing between
\nRp 5,000 and Rp 20,000 each, he said.<\/p>\n
The defendant then sold the drugs as ordered by her mother,
\nthe judge said.<\/p>\n
So far, the teenage defendant had collected at least Rp
\n100,000 from selling the drugs and handed all the money over to
\nher mother, Ismail said without disclosing when the mother and
\ndaughter began the illegal business.<\/p>\n
During the trial, Nurainun's eyes were glistened with tears.
\nOn the other hand, her daughter, sitting on the defendant's
\nchair, seemingly knew nothing of the trial and what the verdict
\nwas all about.<\/p>\n
Wearing a T-shirt, jeans, a red bandanna and green sandals,
\nTeti Haerani remained silent during the entire session, and
\napparently was still confused about the court proceedings.<\/p>\n
Ismail pointed out several facts that helped lighten the
\nsentence against the young defendant.<\/p>\n
\"She is still a kid and has never faced a court sentence,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
However, he added, the defendant's actions endangered the
\nfuture of the country's youth and was contrary to the
\ngovernment's drive against drug businesses across the country.<\/p>\n
Worrying that the defendant failed to understand the verdict,
\nIsmail was forced to explain the meaning of his judgment slowly,
\nfor the second time, at the end of the hearing.<\/p>\n
Ismail even once directed the defendant to file an appeal to
\nthe Jakarta High Court.<\/p>\n
\"You can lodge an appeal to the high court if you wish. Do you
\nintend to file an appeal?\" the judge asked.<\/p>\n
\"I will do that, sir,\" Teti Haerani replied quietly.<\/p>\n
After the trial ended, Nurainun abruptly escorted her daughter
\nto the detention room, probably to escape the media.<\/p>\n
It remains unknown the number of children Nurainun really has.
\n(asa)<\/p>",
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