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        "id": 1826984,
        "msgid": "west-aceh-protocol-civil-servant-suspended-over-methamphetamine-use-1782539517",
        "date": "2026-06-27 12:07:46",
        "title": "West Aceh protocol civil servant suspended over methamphetamine use",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The West Aceh district government has temporarily suspended a civil servant arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine abuse. The official, identified by the initials MDN, will also face a 50 per cent salary cut pending a final court ruling. The regent stressed there would be no protection for the employee and reaffirmed the administration's commitment to sanctioning any civil servant involved in narcotics.",
        "content": "<p>The West Aceh district government has temporarily suspended a civil\nservant with the initials MDN (41) who was arrested in a suspected\nmethamphetamine abuse case. West Aceh Regent Tarmizi said the measure\nwas taken as an initial administrative sanction while awaiting the\nongoing legal process with the police. \u201cThere is no effort whatsoever.\nWe give full authority to law enforcement, we hand it over to law\nenforcement. There is no defence,\u201d Tarmizi told reporters in Meulaboh on\nSaturday. According to him, the local government has also imposed a\nsanction in the form of a 50 per cent salary cut for the individual\nuntil a court ruling with permanent legal force is issued. He said the\nlocal government has repeatedly reminded all civil servants not to get\ninvolved with narcotics, both during inaugurations and on various other\noccasions, including during a roll call after Eid al-Fitr. \u201cWe have\nreminded them many times that civil servants must not be involved with\nnarcotics in any form,\u201d he said. Tarmizi revealed that MDN had been\nserving in the Protocol Section of the West Aceh District Secretariat.\nThe West Aceh district government, Tarmizi continued, will take firm\naction against any civil servant proven to be involved in narcotics\nabuse as a form of commitment to maintaining the integrity of the\napparatus and public services. Previously, MDN (41) was arrested by the\nWest Aceh Police Narcotics Unit in mid-June 2026. He was detained in\nGampong Lapang, Johan Pahlawan sub-district, along with evidence\nincluding one packet of methamphetamine weighing 2.2 grams and a smoking\ndevice (bong).<\/p>",
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