Man gets 32 months for drugs offenses

Man gets 32 months for drugs offenses

JAKARTA (JP): A court yesterday sentenced a man caught for
possessing illegal drugs to 32 months imprisonment. A prosecutor
had earlier demanded a four-year sentence.

Yono, alias Alex, a father of two children, was caught on Dec.
12, 1995 at his friend's home on Jl. Kepu Dalam in Central
Jakarta for having three cigarettes made of marijuana leaves and
500 grams of heroin wrapped in a newspaper, prosecutor Erna Idris
said in her indictment.

"Yono has been denying his wrongdoings in previous court
hearings, saying that he knew nothing of the content of the
packaged entrusted to him by a friend, Tam, who remains at
large," Judge Sianipar said at the Central Jakarta district
court.

"But this is obviously a false statement because a blood test
cited residue of the drugs in your blood," Sianipar, who led the
team of judges, told him.

The defendant was also told to pay a Rp 100,000-fine.

Both the prosecutor and lawyers said they would contemplate
whether or not to appeal. (14)