Having Traveled The Peaceful Path, Husband's Case Of Choking Wife's Neck Until Uncle's Persecution In South Kalimantan Stopped

Head of the South Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office, DR Mukri/ANTARA

BANJARMASIN - Head of the South Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office, Mukri, stated that the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes at the Attorney General's Office, Agung Fadil Zumhana, approved the termination of prosecution based on restorative justice in two cases of persecution in South Kalimantan.

"The results of today's exposure, two cases of abuse respectively at the Hulu Sungai Tengah District Attorney and the Hulu Sungai Utara District Attorney's Office were approved by Jampidum to stop the prosecution and the accused was released," said Kajati Kalsel Mukri in Banjarmasin quoted from Antara, Friday, May 20.

The case at the HST Prosecutor's Office on behalf of the defendant MS who was subject to Article 351 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code concerning Persecution that occurred on March 14, 2022 in Tungkup Village, North Labuan Amas District, Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency.

The defendant hit and strangled his wife, HL, due to a verbal altercation, until the victim reported it to the North Labuan Amas Police and the accused was detained until the case was transferred to the Prosecutor's Office.

"So at the initiation of the prosecutor to mediate, the two agreed to make peace and the local community also responded positively to peace efforts," said Mukri.

Then in the second case at the HSU Kejari, defendant MG, who was charged with Article 351 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, abused his uncle, SK, using a machete resulting in a wound on the victim's index finger.

After the case was stage two, aka P-21, the prosecutor took the initiative to make peace efforts between the defendant and the victim.

According to Mukri, the defendant, who is still a teenager, has a long future and is the breadwinner of the family because his father died and his mother had a stroke.

"Based on restorative justice, this case meets the criteria of the Republic of Indonesia Prosecutor's Regulation Number 15 of 2020 concerning Termination of Prosecution Based on Restorative Justice," said Kajati accompanied by the Aspidum of the South Kalimantan Attorney General's Office, Indah Laila.