The Thief Of The Plane's Landing Light Cable At Ambon's Pattimura Airport Demanded 2 Years In Prison

Two defendants suspected of being criminal acts of theft of the landing light cable at Pattimura Airport Ambon listened to the reading of the prosecutor's demands during the trial at the Ambon District Court, Tuesday (18/2/2025). (ANTARA/daniel)

AMBON - Ambon Public Prosecutor's Office, Maluku, Ingrid Louhenapessy demanded Max Milian Lerebulan and Alvins Rahametwu, accused of theft of the landing light cable for the Pattimura Ambon Airport, were sentenced to two years in prison.

"Asking the Ambon District Court judges who examined and tried this case to declare the two defendants guilty of violating Article 479 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and Article 363 paragraph (1) of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Criminal Code," said the prosecutor in Ambon as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 18.

The prosecutor's demands were delivered in a follow-up trial chaired by the chairman of the Ambon District Court judge Orpa Marthina and accompanied by two member judges.

"Punishing the defendant is therefore sentenced to imprisonment for two years each minus the period of detention that has been served," continued the prosecutor.

During the trial, witness Kriswanto received information from the office WA group that there had been a loss of plane landing light cables located on a long bridge at the end of the runway (run way) of Pattimura Airport Ambon.

Furthermore, the witness and airport security checked at the scene and found several boxes of cables destroyed, then the cables had been cut 60 meters long along with five light transformers, so they were reported to the airport police.

Police who moved quickly carried out tracking finally found three defendants, one of whom was on behalf of John Lekatompessy's child who was still a minor and tried in a separate BAP.

The defendants admitted that the theft of the plane landing light cable at the airport was carried out on Sunday (15/9) at around 19.30 WIT.

The three defendants saw the cables along the lights or poles on the bridge area at the end of the runway with a saw brought by the defendant Maks Milian.

Furthermore, the defendant brought the cables to the house to be burned until his skin was peeling off and the remaining copper was then sold along with five transformers for IDR 850,000.

The prosecutor said the defendants' actions disrupted the security of air traffic or thwarted efforts to secure the Angkasa Pura building worth Rp. 60 million.