Dito Mahendra Didakwa Controls 9 Illegal Weapons, Including 6 Guns

JAKARTA - The defendant Mahendra Dito Sampurno alias Dito Mahendra was charged with possessing 9 illegal or unlicensed weapons. A total of 6 of them are firearms or rifles.

"6 firearms, 1 air rifle and 2 airsoft guns are not equipped with a Firearm Import Permit document and a legal firearm ownership pass (BPSA) book document," said the prosecutor reading the indictment at the trial at the South Jakarta District Court, Monday, January 15.

The six illegal guns are a Clock 17 gun, a S&W revolver, a 19 Zev Clock pistol, an M4 ak 101, and an Angstatd Arms pistol.

As for the air soft gun and air rifle which are also not equipped with a valid letter or document, namely, Air Soft Gun Heckler & Koch G36, Air Soft Gun Heckler & Koch MP5, and a Walther-brand air rifle.

The nine weapons were the result of a search at Dito Mahendra's office on Jalan Erlangga V No. 20, Selong, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

From the search, 15 weapons of various brands were actually found. Thus, the KPK investigating team coordinated and handed it over to the Police.

As a result, the six weapons found have official permits. While the rest are suspected to be illegal.

"From these findings, 2 firearms that have an import permit and 4 firearms equipped with an import permit and a book that fits the possession of firearms (BPSA) as well as other ammunition and equipment by Baintelkam Polri are stored in the warehouse of Subbid Sendak Bid Yanmas Baintelakm Polri," said the prosecutor.

In this case, the prosecutor charged Dito Mahendra with Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Emergency Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1951 concerning Changing the "Ordonantie Tijdelijke Bijzondere Strafbepalingen" and the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Formerly Nr 8 of 1948.