Regent's daughter prosecuted for drugs

Regent's daughter prosecuted for drugs

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The prosecutor demanded on Monday that
the Medan District Court sentence Yeni Sri Perangin-Angin, the
daughter of Karo Regent Sinar Perangin-Angin, to six months in
prison for drug possession.

In separate trials on the same day, prosecutor Mardiana
Sianturi also demanded six-month prison sentences for Yeni's
friends M. Lutfi Nasution and Fachrurozi.

The three university students were arrested on June 2, when
they were found inhaling shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) in
a house belonging to Yeni's family in Citra Wisata housing
complex in Medan, said Mardiana.

Besides demanding six-month prison sentences for the three
students, the prosecutor also demanded that they each be ordered
to pay a Rp 1 million fine.

The demand was far below the maximum three-year sentence
stipulated in the 1997 Narcotics Law.

The demand for short sentences sparked allegations that
prosecutor Mardiana had accepted bribes from the parents of the
three students. However, Mardiana denied the allegation, saying
that the three students did not deserved long jail sentences.

"They have never been prosecuted before, and the Bima Hospital
has issued a letter stating that they are addicted to drugs,"
Mardiana told The Jakarta Post. -- JP