UI wins contest on mock criminal trial

UI wins contest on mock criminal trial

JAKARTA (JP): A team from the University of Indonesia (UI) won
on Friday a mock criminal trial contest held by the School of Law
of the Atma Jaya Catholic University.

The UI team defeated four other teams from the Universities of
Trisakti, Pancasila, Tarumanagara and Atma Jaya.

The event organizer, Antonius P.S. Wibowo, told The Jakarta
Post that each contestant was given one hour to present a mock
criminal court proceeding, from the opening of the hearing until
the judges' verdict.

Antonius said teams chose one of two established trial cases,
either a psychotropic drug case or a counterfeit money case.

Tarumanagara University, Pancasila University and Trisakti
University chose to present the psychotropic case trial, while UI
and Atma Jaya picked the counterfeit money trial.

The jurists for the contest included Moerino, a justice of the
Supreme Court, Tobina Lan Siahaan from the Attorney General's
Office and Said Damanik, a lawyer.

Antonius said the committee initially planned to invite at
least 20 contestants, but due to limited funds, they could only
afford five teams.

As the winner, UI took home the Minister of Justice trophy,
while runner-up Atma Jaya University, got the rector's trophy and
third runner-up, Tarumanagara University, received the trophy of
the Atma Jaya University's dean of School of Law.

Besides trophies, all winners also received certificates for
their participation in the contest. (01)