Agus' military court hearing set for Friday
Agus' military court hearing set for Friday
JAKARTA (JP): Drug suspect Second. Lt. Agus Isrok is expected
to appear in Jakarta Military Court for the first hearing over
his alleged role in a drug case on Friday, a report said on
Monday.
Antara quoted an unidentified source as saying that Agus, a
member of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), was arrested at a
hotel in West Jakarta along with an accomplice and a wide variety
of drugs on Aug. 8 last year.
The source said that Agus would face "a stiff indictment" by
the military court.
He refused to disclose further details, including the
possibility that the court might court-martial Agus.
The trial of Agus -- son of former Army's chief of staff Gen.
Soebagyo Hadisiswoyo -- has long been awaited by the public. In
the past top officials and their relatives were seldom brought to
justice.
Agus and his accomplice, Donny Hendrian, who has already been
tried in a civilian court over the case, was apprehended with 1.6
kilograms of shabu-shabu (crystal metamphetamine), 6,218 ecstasy
pills, 27.9 grams of heroin and 25 sachets of Valium pills by the
West Jakarta Police detectives.
Both Agus and Donny have repeatedly denied the possession of
the drugs.
During the raid, Agus even used a fake name, Deky Setiawan, in
an attempt to prevent the good name of his family and Kopassus
from being ruined.
In the latest hearing of Donny's trial at the West Jakarta
district court last week, prosecutor Ferry Mupahir demanded the
court to sentence the defendant to 13 years in jail.
During Donny's trial, Agus appeared as a witness.
During the hearing, Agus also denied a meeting with Aciang, a
suspected drug dealer during his stay at the hotel with Donny.
Aciang is still at large.
Agus said the police seized from him matches and a packet of
cigarettes. The police report said the matchbox contained a few
grams of shabu-shabu, which Agus denied was his.
He said it was hotel matches, and when the police showed him
the shabu-shabu, he said it was already there. (asa)