Sabu courier in Ogan Ilir faces the death penalty

Reported by detikSumbagsel on Friday 22 May 2026, the defendant Zainal Abidin underwent a charging hearing at Palembang’s Class IA District Court on Thursday 21 May. Prosecutor Dyah Rahmawati, before the panel of judges chaired by Parmatoni, said the defendant was proven beyond reasonable doubt to have committed an unlawful act by selling and offering narcotics of the first category with a weight exceeding five grams. In addition, the prosecutor said the defendant’s actions did not support the government’s program to eradicate narcotics and had caused public alarm. The prosecutor believed the defendant had been proven beyond reasonable doubt to have violated Article 114(2) of Indonesian Law Number 35 Year 2009 on Narcotics. ‘We request the panel of judges to impose the death penalty on the defendant Zainal Abidin,’ he said. According to the indictment, Zainal Abidin was arrested by personnel of the Ditresnarkoba (Narcotics Directorate) of the South Sumatra Police at his home in Dusun V, Desa Tanjung Raja Selatan, Kecamatan Tanjung Raja, Ogan Ilir Regency, on 11 November 2025. During the search, police found a staggering quantity of narcotics. Officers seized methamphetamine weighing around 9,991 grams net, several other meth packets, and tens of thousands of Ecstasy pills of various brands with a total weight reaching tens of kilograms.