Hotman Paris Calls Teddy Minahasa Will Be Confronted With Other Suspects Regarding Drug Cases

Attorney General Teddy Minahasa, Hotman Paris Hutapea (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The attorney for Inspector General of Police Teddy Minahasa, Hotman Paris Hutapea, said that his client would be confronted with other suspects in the alleged narcotics abuse case.

"That's right, it will be confronted tomorrow," said Hotman when confirmed in Jakarta, Sunday.

Hotman said Teddy would confront his testimony with the testimonies of the other suspects in the case, including the former Bukit Tinggi Police Chief AKBP Doddy, who has also been named a suspect in the same case.

Previously, Polda Metro Jaya investigators had named Inspector General Pol. Teddy Minahasa is a suspect in the drug trafficking case, Friday (14/10).

The person concerned is currently undergoing detention at the Polda Metro Jaya Narcotics Detention Center starting Monday (24/10).

Polda Metro Jaya investigators stated that Inspector General Teddy Minahasa was suspected of having ordered his subordinates to set aside evidence of narcotics of the type of methamphetamine from the results of the disclosure of the case to be circulated.

The Bukit Tinggi Police initially wanted to destroy 40 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, but Inspector General Teddy Minahasa allegedly ordered AKBP Doddy, who at that time served as the Bukit Tinggi Police Chief, to exchange five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with tawas.

However, the embezzlement of drug evidence was finally uncovered by a series of disclosures of narcotics cases by the Central Jakarta Metro Police and Polda Metro Jaya.

A total of 1.7 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine has been successfully circulated while the remaining 3.3 kilograms have been confiscated by officers.

The article alleged against Teddy is Article 114 Paragraph 3 sub Article 112 Paragraph 2 Jo Article 132 Paragraph 1 Jo Article 55 Law Number 35 Year 2009 with a maximum threat of the death penalty and a minimum of 20 years in prison.

However, on Friday (18/11), Teddy Minahasa withdrew all investigation reports (BAP) related to the alleged narcotics abuse case that ensnared him.

He claims to have nothing to do with the evidence in the case.

"Today Teddy Minahasa in his BAP stated that he revoked all BAP as suspects, both the first and second BAPs and also withdrew the BAPs that had been given as witnesses to the suspect Doddy and suspect Linda," said Teddy's attorney, Hotman Paris Hutapea at Polda Metro Jaya, Friday.

Hotman claims that the narcotics evidence used as evidence in the case that ensnared his client turned out to have nothing to do with his client.

"Because all the evidence used as objects in this case is not related to Teddy Minahasa, because the evidence confiscated in the case is still intact," said Hotman.

According to an official statement from the police, Inspector General Teddy Minahasa was named a suspect in the alleged narcotics abuse case, for ordering him to exchange five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine evidence for tawas.

However, Hotman said that the five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine still exist and is currently held by the prosecutor's office for the trial of narcotics cases in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra.

"After checking, all the evidence deemed to be five kilograms circulated, there is still intactness stored by the prosecutor's office as evidence in the trial of the defendant in Bukit Tinggi," said Hotman.