{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": 1572484,
        "msgid": "hotman-paris-questions-the-death-penalty-for-crew-member-fandi-how-could-he-be-sentenced-to-death-when-he-1772108418",
        "date": "2026-02-26 13:46:35",
        "title": "Hotman Paris questions the death penalty for crew member Fandi: How could he be sentenced to death when he didn't know the contents?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Prominent lawyer Hotman Paris has raised concerns about the death penalty sought by prosecutors against crew member Fandi Ramadhan in a 2-tonne drug case. Hotman argues that Fandi had only been working on the ship for three days and had no knowledge of the contents of the cargo, suggesting the punishment is disproportionate.",
        "content": "<p>Hotman Paris questions the death penalty for crew member Fandi: How\ncould he be sentenced to death when he didn\u2019t know the contents?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screenshot from YouTube TV Parlemen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jakarta, VIVA \u2013 Prominent lawyer, Hotman Paris, believes there is\nsomething strange about the death penalty sought by the Public\nProsecutor (JPU) against crew member Fandi Ramadhan in the 2-tonne drug\ncase.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hotman Paris, Fandi Ramadhan had only been a crew member\nfor three days.<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement during a Public Hearing with Commission III of\nthe DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Thursday,\nFebruary 26, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Fandi was hired through an official agency a few days\nbefore his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe applied to an agency, he applied officially to an agency and was\nfinally accepted, and this agency said that the captain would be this\nperson, but this child never met the captain,\u201d said Hotman Paris during\nthe hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Hotman explained that Fandi only met the captain of the ship before\ndeparting for Thailand on May 1, 2025. Fandi was even accommodated in a\nhotel for 10 days because the ship was not yet ready. He said the crew\nonly boarded the ship on May 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that there was an anomaly because the ship he boarded\nwas different from the one stated in the employment contract. In the\ncontract, the ship mentioned was the North Star, while Fandi was instead\ntaken by speedboat to the Sea Dragon.<\/p>\n<p>After sailing for three days, a fishing boat approached the Sea\nDragon and unloaded 67 boxes. All crew members were also asked to take\nturns unloading the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this child (Fandi) kept asking, \u2018What is this?\u2019 and the captain\nadmitted it. The captain admitted that it was money and gold,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ship was supposed to depart from Thailand to the\nPhilippines, but its course instead passed through Indonesian waters and\nwas caught by the BNN (National Narcotics Agency) and Customs in Tanjung\nKarimun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is, how could he be sentenced to death? Because there is\nno evidence at all that he knew what was inside. He only applied, he had\nonly been on the ship for 3 days as an unemployed person entering the\nworkforce,\u201d said Hotman.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hotman-paris-questions-the-death-penalty-for-crew-member-fandi-how-could-he-be-sentenced-to-death-when-he-1772108418",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}