Prosecutors told to produce Lt. Agus in a drug trial
Prosecutors told to produce Lt. Agus in a drug trial
JAKARTA (JP): A West Jakarta District Court judge urged
prosecutors on Wednesday to summon Second Lt. Agus Isrok, alias
Deky Setiawan, to appear as a key witness in the next session of
a drug trial.
"The court badly needs testimony from Deky Setiawan.
Therefore, we ask prosecutors to soon contact Military Police
Headquarters requesting permission for him to appear in this
courtroom next time," presiding judge Hadi Lelana told the
hearing.
Hadi's remarks followed repeated queries from lawyers for
defendant Donny Hendrian concerning the status and whereabouts of
Agus, who is a member of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus).
Agus is also a son of former Army chief Gen. Subagyo
Hadisiswoyo.
Wednesday was the sixth session in the trial of Donny, who was
apprehended with Agus at a West Jakarta hotel in possession of a
large amount of drugs, including heroin, shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine) and ecstasy pills.
Hadi's call was supported by fellow trial judge Basoeki.
"The prosecutors should present Deky to this courtroom since
this case was about a large size of drugs."
He said public condemnation would follow if the court failed
to explore all avenues in completing the case.
The judges and prosecutors used Deky Setiawan in referring to
Agus Isrok because it was the name used in the police dossiers
and the prosecutor's indictment.
Defendant Donny told the court in a previous hearing that the
real name of Deky Setiawan was Agus Isrok.
Donny and Agus were arrested on Aug. 8 in a room of a hotel on
Jl. Mangga Besar.
As described in the police dossiers, the items seized included
3.7 kilograms of shabu-shabu, 6,218 ecstasy pills, 27.9 grams of
heroin and 25 sachets of Valium pills.
The status of Agus in the drug case remains a mystery as none
of the military investigators and top officers have been willing
to reveal the results of their investigation.
Director for investigations of the National Military Police,
Col. Hendardji, told The Jakarta Post recently that the internal
investigation into Agus was completed.
However, he refused to elaborate on the results.
"To obtain the details, you should contact the National
Military Police commander, Maj. Gen. Djasri Marin, since I have
filed the complete report to him as my superior," he said.
During Wednesday's hearing, prosecutor Amirullah told the
court that he previously sent two letters to Agus Isrok's address
in Bandung, requesting that he appear in court.
He said there was no response.
Amirullah promised to send another letter to Agus' address as
required by the law on Criminal Code procedures. A witness can be
forcibly brought to court if he or she fails to heed a third
request to appear in court.
But when asked by reporters later whether he would seek
assistance from the military police if the third request was
unheeded, the prosecutor replied: "I have no idea."
Chief Sgt. Priyono Abdi Darmo, a police officer who was
directly involved in the investigation of the case, explained to
the court about the substantial difference in the quantity of
shabu-shabu listed in the police dossiers and the amount
submitted to the court as evidence.
The prosecutor, who received the evidence along with the
dossiers from the police, submitted only 1.6 kilograms of shabu-
shabu to the court instead of the 3.7 kilograms noted in the
dossiers.
Priyono claimed to have misread the scale when he weighed the
drug because the instrument's measurements were in both pounds
and kilograms.
Judge Basoeki concluded: "It was the police officer's fault,
since he should have noted 1.6 kilograms in the police report,
not 3.7 kilograms."
The judge adjourned the hearing to Monday to hear testimony
from two senior officers from the West Jakarta Police, Col. Adji
Rustam Ramdja and Maj. Idham Azis.(asa)