Nia Ramdhani Honestly Uses Shabu Hands Evidence, Attorney: Must Be Appreciated

The attorney for the celebrity couple and the accused of drug abuse, Nia Ramadhani-Ardi Bakrie, Wa Ode Nur Zainab (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The legal team for the celebrity couple as well as drug abuse defendants Nia Ramadhani-Ardi Bakrie and Zen Vivanto's personal driver, Wa Ode Nur Zaina

denied witness testimony from the Public Prosecutor. The witness said that the authorities conducted a search when they arrested Nia.

According to Wa Ode, his client acted cooperatively when he was arrested by officers. "About the search, so as Nia's mother said, actually there wasn't a search. In the sense that they carried out investigations, but Nia voluntarily gave the evidence to the investigators," said Wa Ode after the initial trial at the Central Jakarta District Court, Thursday, 2 December reported by Antara.

According to him, Nia Ramadhani even admitted to having consumed the prohibited items and immediately handed over the evidence to the authorities. Wa Ode hopes that Nia's actions can be appreciated by investigators.

"So we really have to appreciate it too, yes they don't complicate things," he said.

The Public Prosecutor from the Central District Attorney presented three witnesses who were members of the police who arrested the three defendants on Wednesday 7 July 2021.

The three witnesses are Agus Sujono, Hendra Gunawan, and Benny Santoso Pandiangan.

In their testimony, the witnesses stated that during their arrest their party raided and searched the residence of Nia Ramadhani.

The Public Prosecutor charged the celebrity couple as well as defendants Nia Ramadhani and Ardi Bakrie, as well as personal driver Zen Vivanto with drug abuse articles for consuming narcotics class I.

"The defendants, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at around 08.00 WIB or at least in July at the house on Jalan Metro Kencana 5, Pondok Pinang, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, have committed, participated in, as a class I narcotics abuser for themselves. alone," said the prosecutor from the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office Andri Saputra when reading the indictment at the Central Jakarta District Court, Thursday.

For their actions, the defendants were also charged with violating Article 127 paragraph 1 letter a of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of four years in prison.

The second trial is scheduled for Thursday (9/12) with the agenda of hearing witness statements from the Public Prosecutor.

"The trial will be held again on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 10.00 WIB for the examination of the Public Prosecutor's witness," said Chief Justice Muhammad Damis closing the inaugural trial in the Prof. Courtroom. H. Hatta Ali Central Jakarta District Court.