MEDAN - A panel of judges at the Medan District Court (PN), North Sumatra, sentenced the defendant to seven months in prison for stealing gold belonging to Judge Khamozaro Waruwu, Hariman Sitanggang (43).
"Judging, sentencing the defendant Hariman Sitanggang to seven months in prison," said Presiding Judge Zufida Hanum at the Medan District Court, Tuesday, May 19, reported by ANTARA.
The panel of judges stated that the man who works as a Angkot driver was found guilty of committing the crime of smuggling as stipulated in Article 591 letter b of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.
In its consideration, the panel of judges said that the aggravating factor was the defendant's actions to the victim's detriment, while the mitigating factor was that the defendant admitted and regretted his actions.
Based on the verdict, the defendant and the public prosecutor (JPU) from the Medan District Attorney's Office (Kejari) stated that they accepted and did not appeal.
The judge's verdict was lighter than the prosecutor's demand, who had previously demanded that the defendant be sentenced to eight months in prison.
JPU Sofyan Agung Maulana in the indictment letter stated that the case began when Hariman met with Fahrul Azis Siregar (separate file) on a public transport driven in November 2025.
While in the Simpang Amplas area of Medan, Azis showed the defendant a number of gold and admitted that the goods were obtained from an empty house that was broken into and then burned.
The house turned out to belong to the Medan District Court judge Khamozaro Waruwu in the Tanjung Sari area, Sunggal District, Medan.
Furthermore, the defendant accompanied Azis in selling the gold to a gold shop in the Deli Tua area, Deli Serdang Regency. From the sale of gold worth Rp76.3 million, the defendant obtained a share of Rp5 million.
"As a result of this incident, the victim suffered losses and reported it to the Medan Police," said Sofyan.
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