Only The Curhat Of A Career Travel Became The Reason For Prosecutor Ogah Responding To Personal Pleidoi Hendra Kurniawan

The defendant in the 'obstruction of justice' case Hendra Kurniawan (front) is preparing to undergo his first trial at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The public prosecutor (JPU) refused to respond to the defendant's personal memorandum of defense or plea Hendra Kurniawan. This is because most of them only contain life stories and career journeys while serving in the National Police. "We will not respond to the defendant's personal defense regarding the life and career story of the public prosecutor," said the prosecutor at the trial at the South Jakarta District Court, Monday, February 6. Meanwhile, in the plea Hendra Kurniawan told about his career when he studied at the Police Academy (Akpol) until he served as Karo Paminal Polri with the rank of one-star general. In addition, his plea also only conveyed that his actions were in accordance with the authority and standard operating procedures (SOPs) regulated by the institution. In fact, all of these explanations were not included in the subject of the obstruction of justice case which was tested for truth in the trial. "Because what was conveyed by the defendant was not related to the evidence or elements of the article that we charged," said the prosecutor. Hendra Kurniawan in the obstruction of justice case played a role in ordering to take and replace CCTV DVR. In fact, CCTV is one important evidence in the disclosure of the case. In this case, Hendra was sentenced to 3 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 20 million. This is because his actions are believed to have violated Article 49 in conjunction with Article 33 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.