With Fake Letters From The Internet, Fake Paspampres Tricked The Wife Of The Minister And Regional Heads

SERANG A woman from Pontianak with the initials LA (43) was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months for claiming to be a member of the Presidential Security Forces (Paspampres) and trying to deceive the wife of the Minister of Villages for Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Mendes PDTT), Ratu Rachmatu Zakiyah.

The Banten Prosecutor's Office, Mulyana, stated that LA was proven to have made and used fake letters to trick a number of regional heads, including Ratu Zakiyah, who is also the elected Serang Regent.

"Demanding that the Panel of Judges of the Serang District Court decide that the defendant LA is legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act by intentionally making a fake letter," Mulyana said in a trial reading the charges, Monday, May 19.

Prosecutors stated that LA violated Article 263 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code concerning letter forgery. The trial was chaired by the Chief Justice of the Panel of Judges, Galih Dewi Inanti Akhmad.

Mulyana said the aggravating thing was the defendant's act that disturbed the community. Meanwhile, what mitigating it was LA's cooperative attitude during the legal process and his confession that regretted his actions.

During the trial, LA, who was not accompanied by legal counsel, asked for leniency on the grounds of becoming the backbone of the family.

'Ask for relief, Your Majesty. My first child is 24 years old, can't speak,' said LA while crying in the courtroom.

In the previous indictment, it was stated that LA and her husband lived in a rented house in Kalimiring Village, Kaligandung Village, Serang District.

On January 17, 2025, LA ordered her husband to make a fake letter with the Command of Paspampres Group A, complete with a logo and command number: Sprint 974/XII/2024 dated December 27, 2024. They made the letter with an example of the internet and pinned a fake stamp made in the Kaujon area, Serang City.

The letter was used by LA to meet a number of elected regional heads, with the intention of expanding the network and getting a job. However, his actions were exposed when he tried to meet Ratu Rachmatu Zakiyah, who was aware of irregularities in the documents brought by LA.

From the investigation, it is known that LA works as an employee at salons and karaoke places in Rau Market, Serang City. To investigators, LA claims to disguise itself as Paspampres because it wants to be known by local officials and hopes to get a better job.