Expert Witness Calls Etomade New Substances And Unrecognizable, Jonathan Frizzy's Position Strengthens

TANGERANG - Jonathan Frizzy's (Ijonk) statement that he was not aware of the ethical content in his vape received support from the testimony of an expert witness from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) during his follow-up trial.

The expert stated that the ethodidate is a very new substance in Indonesia, has not been registered, and cannot be identified with the naked eye.

Ijonk's attorney, Lamgok Heryanto Silalahi, explained the crucial points of the BPOM expert's statement at the trial.

"The expert from BPOM, yes, said that we really can't see if it's an ethomidete or not an ethomidete, you can't do that," said Lamgok Heryanto Silalahi at the Tangerang District Court, Tuesday, August 26.

The fact that ethodidates are not even commonly used in the world of Indonesian medicine further reinforces how foreign this substance is.

"Even for the world of anesthesia, what is the name for the world? Medicine, he said, didn't use an ethodidate like that, you know. It doesn't use an etomodate because there are many other ingredients outside of the ethomide which have registers in Indonesia," he explained.

This expert's statement is considered an important supporter for the legal team to prove that it is impossible for Ijonk, as an ordinary person, to know the existence of these prohibited substances.

"Earlier we asked, what are the characteristics of this ethodidate? No, I don't know which one, right," concluded Lamgok.