Far From The Prosecutor's Demands, The Singkawang Appeal Prosecutor's Office For The 1 Year Sentence Of Bandar Sabu Ewit

Kasi Intel Dan Kasih Pidum Kejaksaan Negeri Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat (ANTARA/Narwati)

JAKARTA - The Singkawang District Attorney (Kejari) filed a bandin on the verdict of 1 year in prison for the accused of methamphetamine dealer and perpetrator of TPPU Withman alias Ewit alias Wiwit which was handed down by the Singkawang District Court (PN), West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan).

Head of the General Crime Section of the Singkawang Kejari, Heri Susanto, said that the Prosecutor's Office and the Singkawang District Court had different opinions in the case.

"We (Kejari) charged the defendant Wiwit with the second primary indictment, while the judge (PN) decided this case with a second indictment decision more subsidiary," he said in Singkawang, Friday, December 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

In the law, TPPU is both proven, but a significant difference is his view.

For evidence, such as land and buildings there are 34 units, 11 vehicles and cash worth Rp44,100,000 and money in the account amounting to Rp164,576,550.

In the decision, he said, some of the available evidence in accordance with the prosecutor's demands, some of the evidence was confiscated for the state and some were returned to the defendant.

"For example, there is an ID card, KIS card and Passport, we return it to the defendant. Then the defendant also presented a witness to relieve and could present the initial origin of this evidence. So that some of the evidence was returned to the defendant," he said.

This difference, he said, was very far from the prosecutor's demands, so his party filed an appeal to the Pontianak High Court. "We are waiting to see what the results will be and if the results are not in accordance with our demands, then we will file an appeal to the Supreme Court (MA)," he said.

Meanwhile, the Public Relations of the Singkawang District Court, Chandran said, there were several charges submitted by the public prosecutor that disagreed with the Singkawang District Court Judges.

"After deliberation, we took a stand based on the facts and also the testimony of witnesses from both the public prosecutor and the defendant and the proof of the letter shown by the public prosecutor and the defendant," he said.

After all, the fact is that the defendant Wiwit is more suitable for the indictment of Article 5 paragraph 1 which carries a maximum penalty of 5 years.

Regarding the appeal filed by the Singkawang District Attorney, he said, it is the right of the public prosecutor and the defendant if he is not satisfied with the decision.

"There is a time of 7 days given to file an appeal," he said.

Withman alias Ewit alias Wiwit was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters in Singkawang City some time ago, because he was suspected of being a narcotics dealer as well as a perpetrator of money laundering (TPPU).

Regarding the arrest, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has also confiscated a total asset belonging to Wiwit worth Rp. 30 billion, and confiscated several bank accounts.

From the analysis of narcotics cases by Bareskrim Polri, it is also known that accounts owned and controlled by Wiwit from 2017 to 2024 have a network transaction turnover of up to Rp200 billion.