Three-year jail term sought for Lt. Agus Isrok<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Military prosecutors demanded on Tuesday the
\nJakarta Military Court sentence defendant Army Second Lt. Agus
\nIsrok to three years in jail for allegedly possessing and
\ncarrying narcotics and psychotropic substances.<\/p>\n
Besides the three-year jail term, military prosecutor Maj. P.
\nSimorangkir also demanded the military court discharge Agus, a
\nmember of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus), from military
\nservice.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant has violated Article 78 of the 1997 law on
\nnarcotics, and also Article 62 of the 1997 law on psychotropic
\nsubstances,\" Simorangkir told a hearing at the military court
\nlocated in Pondok Kopi, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Article 78 carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail,
\nwhile Article 62 carries a maximum sentence of five years in
\njail.<\/p>\n
Simorangkir said Agus, the oldest son of former Army chief
\nGen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo, and accomplice Donny Hendrian were
\narrested by the city police at a hotel in West Jakarta on Aug. 8,
\n1999.<\/p>\n
\"The city police confiscated two small plastic bags of shabu-
\nshabu (crystal methamphetamine) and one small plastic bag of
\nmarijuana packed in a matchbox from Agus' pants,\" he said in the
\nhearing, presided over by judge Col. Sarman Mulyana.<\/p>\n
From the hotel room, police also confiscated 1.6 kilograms of
\nshabu-shabu, 6,218 ecstasy pills, 27.9 grams of heroin and 25
\nsachets of Valium pills in a big bag, he said.<\/p>\n
In the previous hearing, Agus denied that he possessed and
\ncarried the drugs either in the matchbox or in the big bag.<\/p>\n
The West Jakarta District Court sentenced Donny last month to
\nnine years and six months in jail for possession of drugs in the
\nbig bag.<\/p>\n
Simorangkir also said in Tuesday's hearing that the defendant
\ntarnished the Indonesian Military's name.<\/p>\n
\"Instead of eradicating rampant drug dealing in the country,
\nthe defendant, a member of the state apparatus, has even been
\nconsuming drugs,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Therefore, the defendant must be discharged from the Army's
\nservice.\"<\/p>\n
Sarman asked the defendant whether he understood the demand.<\/p>\n
Agus, who stood up during the hearing, quietly replied : \"I
\nunderstand, your honor.\"<\/p>\n
The hearing was adjourned from 11 a.m until 1 p.m after
\nSimorangkir requested to the panel of judges to be allowed to
\nhand over the dossiers on the seizure of the drugs and the arrest
\nof Agus at the hotel.<\/p>\n
The judges rejected the request after the defendant testified
\nthat he never signed the dossiers. Agus' lawyers also questioned
\nthe prosecutors about a police officer who signed the dossiers,
\nFirst. Lt. Asghani, because the officer was not involved in the
\narrest.<\/p>\n
Sarman gave the prosecutors two hours to revise the
\nindictment.<\/p>\n
The hearing was adjourned until next Tuesday when the court
\nwill hear the defense statement. (asa)<\/p>",
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