Prosecutors Demand Death Sentence For Rapists Of 13 Santriwati, PKS: This Must Be Guarded So That It Is Carried Out

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, Hidayat Nur Wahid, supports the demand for the death penalty against the accused rapist of 13 female students in Bandung, Herry Wirawan. According to him, the prosecutor's demands are an effort to provide legal firmness with justice. "And also to create a deterrent effect on perpetrators and other parties so as not to commit similar acts," said Hidayat Nur Wahid (HNW) in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 12. According to the senior PKS politician, the demands for the heaviest sentence are the aspirations of the wider community as a form of strict and fair enforcement of the law. Moreover, said HNW, because the defendant violated state law and religious law against 13 female students who were underage. Even in a long and repeated time. "In fact, the female students should be protected and given education for the future of their lives. Respect to the public prosecutor who dares to sue with the heaviest demands," he stressed. Furthermore, continued HNW, it is important for the panel of judges to be able to weigh clearly and present authority and legal justice , by granting the demand for the death penalty. According to him, the demands are in accordance with the prosecutor's first indictment, namely Article 81 paragraph (1), paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) in conjunction with Article 76D of the Child Protection Act in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Indonesian Criminal Code. -The Criminal Law (KUHP). "The existing legal instruments are very adequate to impose the maximum sentence. This should be implemented, in accordance with Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law No. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection," he said.