Nepalese man may face death penalty<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked South Jakarta District Court
\nyesterday to sentence a young Nepalese man to death for
\ntrafficking 1.2 kilograms of heroin.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Sugiyanto said the defendant, 23-year-old Budhe
\nTamang, arrived here from Thailand with the heroin on April 22
\nand stayed at Prapanca Hotel in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Sugiyanto said that the senior high school student had
\nswallowed 143 capsules containing heroin and put the remainder in
\nhis bag.<\/p>\n
Police arrested Budhe and a Nepalese friend, identified as
\nAita Ram Tamang, at the hotel the following day and officers
\nfound the capsules hidden under a mattress, he said.<\/p>\n
The capsules -- which were wrapped in a shower cap -- were
\nbelieved to have been excreted from Budhe's body because feces
\ncovered some of the capsules, he said.<\/p>\n
The court has already sentenced Aita to eight months in jail
\nfor failing to tell police about his friend's activities, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Aita, who was staying at a hotel on Jl. Jaksa, Central
\nJakarta, visited Budhe who was taking his first trip to
\nIndonesia, he said.<\/p>\n
Budhe told the court through an interpreter that he got the
\ncapsules from a man named Ghale, who he met at a hotel in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Ghale told me to keep, what he called, important medicine and
\npromised to pick them up but he never returned,\" the defendant
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Sugiyanto said Budhe had violated Article 23 (4) of Law No.
\n9\/1976 on narcotics.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant obstructed the government's efforts to stop the
\ntrafficking of heroin, which it fears will destroy the young
\ngeneration.\"<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Jalius Amin adjourned the trial until next
\nweek to hear the defendant's plea.<\/p>\n
Budhe told reporters outside the court that the prosecution's
\ndemand for the death penalty was too harsh.<\/p>\n
\"I'm still young,\" he said. (jun)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/nepalese-man-may-face-death-penalty-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }