Dutch citizen on trial for drugs

Dutch citizen on trial for drugs

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang

An Dutch citizen who was born in Indonesia went on trial on
Thursday for producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills
between September 1999 and March 2002.

Prosecutor Martha P. Berliana told the Tangerang District
Court that Ang Kiem Soei, 50, alias Kim Ho, alias Ance Tahir
alias Tommy Wijaya, who was born in Fak Fak, Irian Jaya, resides
at Rosevelt Ln 234, Utrech, Netherlands.

According to the prosecutor, the defendant had produced
psychotropic substances in two places, at Jl. Imam Bonjol 79A,
Karawaci and at Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari 26, Cipondoh, both in
Tangerang between September 1999 and March 2002.

Martha said that the defendant was assisted by several men
called Frans, Beth, Irawan, Husni and Karim who are all still at
large.

Ang Kiem ordered part of the raw materials from a man named
Leo Chandra, who is also still at large, while other substances
were imported from Shanghai, the prosecutor said.

At the beginning, Ang Kiem produced the ecstasy pills in a
house in Karawaci, but then in September 2001, ang Kiem rented
another house in Cipondoh, which he later used as a clandestine
drug factory.

Ang Kiem was arrested on April 6 by a team of three police
officers of the National Police detective unit in room 1513 of
the Hotel Borobudur, in Central Jakarta following a tip from a
man called Tommy Palembang who is already dead.

During the raid, the police seized as evidence a total of Rp 2
billion comprising of Sin$4,200, HK$5,670, US$200,000, Yuan
10,500 and Rp 200 million, allegedly obtained from selling the
drugs.

On April 7, the police raided the two drug factories in
Cipondoh and Karawaci, confiscating 8,441 ecstasy pills of pink,
green, blue, yellow, orange, brown and beige colors, and various
tools to make the drugs.

Ang Kiem could face a death penalty if found guilty.

Presiding judge M. Hatta Ali adjourned the session for a week.