Death sentence for Tommy

Death sentence for Tommy

From Rakyat Merdeka

The murderer of Supreme Court justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita admitted that he had directly received Rp 100 million and a 9 mm caliber Beretta pistol from Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. The three people reportedly directly involved in the murder case are Tommy, the shooter and the RX King motorcycle rider.

A death sentence under Criminal Code No. 340 is what Tommy deserves. The attorney general must appoint a public prosecutor who has really mastered the deelneming(involvement) doctrine, Article 55 of the Criminal Code and the medeplichtigheid (involved in conspiracy) of Article 56 of the Criminal Code. Why? Here are the reasons:

1. It is very likely that Tommy will be tried at the court of law in absentia.

2. Both deelneming and medeplichtigheid legal doctrines treat the shooter and the RX King rider differently according to their role in the crime.

3. It is likely that Tommy's family will hire one or more competent lawyers to defend both the shooter and the RX King rider in order to cut the link between the two perpetrators and Tommy.

In line with public demand for law enforcement, this assassination case must be settled properly and professionally. It must not be settled in the way the corruption cases involving Tommy and Bob Hasan had been settled with only an 18-month prison sentences imposed on both. There are many other cases involving much smaller amounts of money in which the perpetrators were penalized with heavier sentences; for example four years imprisonment for embezzlement of less than Rp 100 million.

How can a sentence passed on criminal offenses differ in its length? The answer is that there are special deals. The newly- installed attorney general must choose a public prosecutor well versed in the legal doctrines referred to above. Do not let Tommy escape the legal noose simply because the public prosecutor is unprofessional.

ATTILLA GRAZIANI SJAFEI

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