Student tried for Ecstasy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A student was accused at the Central Jakarta
\nDistrict Court on Friday of trafficking in 120 Ecstasy pills.<\/p>\n
The 21-year defendant, a resident of Gang Puri Mas in Gambir
\nsubdistrict, was arrested in May while counting the Ecstasy pills
\nin a car, prosecutor Astoeti told the court.<\/p>\n
\"He was about to sell the pills to two friends,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Police investigations found that the suspect had bought the
\npills from a friend named Andi for Rp 39,000 each. He was
\nplanning to sell them at Rp 40,000 each, the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
The suspect is charged under the 1992 Health Law which
\nprohibits the production and distribution of dangerous drugs not
\nregistered with the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n
The offense carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment
\nand a fine of up to Rp 300 million (US$130,000).<\/p>\n
The defendant, accompanied by his lawyer Nazori Do'ak Achmad,
\nwill present his defense at the next trial, scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n
As Ecstasy does not fall under the definition of narcotics,
\nthose found in possession or guilty of trafficking in them cannot
\nbe prosecuted under the 1976 Anti-Narcotic Law in which the
\nmaximum penalty is death.<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives is currently deliberating a
\ngovernment-sponsored bill on psychotropic drugs which, if
\nenacted, will allow law enforcers to deal more effectively with
\nthe Ecstasy menace. (07)<\/p>",
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