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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