Three Jember Village Heads Convicted Of Drug Cases Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison

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JEMBER - Three non-active village heads who were accused of drug cases were sentenced to eight months in prison. Another inactive village head was sentenced to 16 months in prison by the panel of judges at the Jember District Court, East Java.

"The four defendants were found guilty of violating Article 127 paragraph 1 of Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning narcotics in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code," said Jember District Court spokesman Sigit Triatmojo, quoted by Antara, Monday, November 8.

Three inactive village heads were sentenced to eight months in prison, namely M. Mukib who is the Wonojati village head in Jenggawah sub-district, then Sugianto (Tamansari village head in Wuluhan sub-district), and Heri Hariyanto (Glundengan village head in Wuluhan sub-district).

Meanwhile, the inactive village head who was sentenced to 16 months in prison, Moh. Alwi is the Head of Tempurejo Village in Tempurejo District because he was involved in two drug cases.

"The defendants have been proven to be class 1 narcotics abusers, so that for their actions they were sentenced to 8 months in prison for each defendant in two cases," he said.

Of the four defendants, the case file of the defendant Moh Alwi became two files (split), so that the person concerned was sentenced to two cases, namely number 620 and 621 each for eight months in prison.

"The defendant held a shabu party in two different places with different groups, according to the results of the witnesses and the evidence has been proven to legally use methamphetamine. So the defendant must serve two decisions for 16 months in prison," he said.

Meanwhile, the defendant's legal adviser, Suyitno Rahman, told reporters that his party accepted the verdict read out by the panel of judges and did not file an appeal.

"After we negotiated with our clients, all of them accepted the verdict of the panel of judges with a verdict of eight months in prison and 16 months in prison," said Suyitno.

The defendant's legal counsel did not file an appeal and neither did the public prosecutor, so the judge's decision was declared inkracht or had permanent legal force.

Previously, the Public Prosecutor demanded one year in prison for four inactive village heads who were accused of drug cases, so that the judge's decision was lighter than the prosecutor's demands.