The Aceh Prosecutor's Office Tabur Team Arrests Fugitives Convicted Of Forest Destruction

The Fugitive Arrest Team (Team Sow) of the Aceh High Prosecutor's Office together with the Sowing Team of the Nagan Raya District Attorney, Aceh Province, carried out the execution of a convict of a forest destruction case in Nagan Raya to Meulaboh Prison

NAGAN RAYA - The Aceh High Prosecutor's Office of Arresting Fugitives (Tabur) together with the Sowing Team of the Nagan Raya District Attorney's Office, Aceh, have arrested convicts in the case of forest destruction in Nagan Raya Regency.

"The convict that we have named on the wanted list (DPO) is Edi Saputra, a resident of Ie Mirah Village, Darul Makmur District, Nagan Raya Regency," said Head of Intelligence Section of the Nagan Raya District Attorney Heru Duwi Atmojo, quoted by Antara, Thursday, May 19. .

Heru explained that the arrest of Edi Saputra was carried out by the Aceh Prosecutor's Office and the Nagan Raya Prosecutor's Office when the convict returned to his home in Darul Makmur District, Nagan Raya Regency.

Previously, the convict Edi Saputra was found guilty of violating Article 83 paragraph (1) letter b of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention of Forest Destruction Eradication.

Heru said that based on the Meulaboh District Court Decision Number: 18/Pid. Sus/2017/PN. Mbo on March 13, 2017 the defendant Edi Saputra was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 1 (one) month in prison.

After the verdict by the panel of judges, said Heru, the convict Edi Saputra was summoned to undergo execution in accordance with the judge's decision.

However, since the summons was made in 2017, the convict has fled and his whereabouts are unknown.

Then the Sowing Team of the Aceh High Prosecutor's Office and the Nagan Raya District Attorney's Office learned of the whereabouts of the convict Edi Saputra when the perpetrator returned to his home, in Ie Mirah Hamlet, Ujung Lamie Village, Darul Makmur District, Nagan Raya Regency.

After the arrests were made, the convicts were then brought to the Nagan Raya District Attorney's Office for administrative processes.

"The convict has been taken to the Meulaboh Class II B Correctional Institution to implement the Meulaboh District Court's decision which has permanent legal force," he said.