Judge's Decision Is More Severe Than Prosecutors' Demands, Nia Ramadhani And Ardi Bakrie Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison

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JAKARTA - The judges of the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced the couple Ramadhania Ardiansyah Bakrie alias Nia Ramadhani to 1 year in prison with her husband Anindra Ardiansyah Bakrie or Ardie Bakrie and their driver Zen Vivanto. They were found guilty of drug abuse.

"To try, declare that the defendants have been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing the crime of abusing the first class of narcotics for oneself which was carried out together," said the chairman of the panel of judges, Muhammad Damis at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, January 11.

The sentence is different from the demands of the public prosecutor (JPU). The prosecutor asked the three to be rehabilitated at the Institute for Medical Rehabilitation and Social Rehabilitation at the Drug Dependence Hospital (RSKO) Cibubur, East Jakarta.

They were asked to undergo inpatient rehabilitation for 12 months each.

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Thus, the three pleas of defense or plea cannot be accepted. They asked for a reduction in the demands for the rehabilitation sentence to six months. In addition, rehabilitation is still being carried out at the Fan Campus Rehabilitation Center, Bogor, West Java.

Previously, this pair of public figures who stumbled on the problem of narcotics abuse began when Nia ordered Zen to buy shabu worth IDR 1.7 million on July 6, 2021.

Nia, Ardi, and Zen used the methamphetamine together using a narcotic suction device in the form of a bong on July 7, 2021. Nia and Zen were arrested by officers from the Central Jakarta Police.

After that, Ardi surrendered to the Central Jakarta Police. After a urine test, Nia, Ardi, and Zen tested positive for methamphetamine.

The three were proven to have violated Article 127 paragraph 1 letter a of Law 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.