5 Suspects Of Dog Smuggling In Semarang Immediately Undergo Trial

Five suspects in the case of smuggling hundreds of dogs from West Java to Central Java who were secured by the Semarang Police were transferred to the public prosecutor of the Semarang City District Attorney (Kejari).

Head of the General Crimes Section of the Semarang City Kejari, M. Rizky Pratama, said that the suspect and evidence of the case had been declared complete to be transferred to the public prosecutor.

In addition to the five suspects, he said, the evidence of the smuggled dogs was also transferred to the public prosecutor.

"Of the 226 dogs that were secured during the arrest, 13 were left in good health for proof purposes," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 6.

The other hundreds of tails, he said, were entrusted to the shelter in Bogor, West Java.

According to him, the suspects were charged with Law Number 41 of 2014 concerning Animal Husbandry and Health.

The five suspects who were processed in one case file had their respective roles.

The suspect DH, who is the main actor, ordered and sent hundreds of dogs from Subang, West Java.

The other four suspects were crew members of the truck who helped deliver hundreds of dogs.

The suspects were charged with their actions of sending animals without permission from areas that had not been free of rabies to Central Java which had been declared rabies-free.

In addition, the five were also charged with alleged abuse of these animals when they were sent from West Java to Central Java.

"The dogs were tied up or snared when they were transported on a truck," he said.