Judge Sentence Fines IDR 1 Million Illegal Waste Disposal In Sleman

The defendant was the perpetrator of throwing illegal trash in Sleman Regency while undergoing a trial at the Sleman District Court, Tuesday (14/5/2024). ANTARA/HO-Satpol PP Sleman

SLEMAN - Sleman District Court (PN) sentenced perpetrators of illegal waste disposal in the Sleman Regency area to be sentenced to a fine of Rp. 1 million, subsidiary to seven days in prison.

"The version was handed down by the sole judge of the Sleman District Court in a trial for minor crimes (tipiring) which was held on Tuesday (14/5)," said Head of the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) of Sleman Regency, Shavitri Nurmala Dewi in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), May 15, Wednesday, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the defendant on behalf of A, a Sleman resident, was submitted to the court of the Sleman District Court because he was proven to have violated the regional regulation of Article 71 letter d in conjunction with Article 73 Paragraph (1) of the Sleman Regency Regulation Number 6 of 2023 concerning the Implementation of Waste Management. Then Article 71 letter d, and Article 73 Paragraph (1).

"We from Satpol PP are enforcing regional regulations. So if there is a violation, of course we will carry out enforcement of the regulation, and impose sanctions as stated in regional regulations," he said.

He said that previously, Civil Servant Investigators (PPNS) from the Sleman Regency Satpol PP received a report that the defendant was suspected of committing an act that violated the Sleman Regency Regulation Number 6 of 2023 concerning the Implementation of Waste Management.

"From the report, PPNS confiscated CCTV footage and evidence in the form of a white sack filled with garbage. The sack was then dumped by the perpetrators carelessly on an empty land located on the side of Jalan Kebon Agung, Kapamewon Seyegan," he said.

Shavitri said that the perpetrator's actions were initially known based on the CCTV footage installed by the Seyegan Kapanewon (District) and the Kalurahan Government Margokaton, facilitated by the Sleman Regency Communications and Information Office.

"Based on the CCTV footage, investigators then conducted searches, investigations and investigations, to trial for minor crimes," he said.

He said, based on the testimony of the witnesses, the defendant's testimony, the results of the CCTV footage plus evidence submitted by investigators in the form of a white sack containing the garbage that the perpetrator dumped, the Sleman District Court through the single judge Siwi Rumbar Wigati, SH stated that Defendant A had been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a crime of dismantling garbage not in the place that had been determined and provided.

"The panel of judges in the form of a fairly high fine is expected to have a deterrent effect on the perpetrators, as well as prevent other people from doing the same thing," he said.

With this decision, the convict accompanied by investigators immediately paid a fine at the Sleman District Attorney's Office.

"With the payment of the fine, convict A does not need to serve a sentence of seven days in prison," he said.

He appealed to Sleman residents to comply with the regional regulation regarding the prohibition of litter disposal, as well as protecting the environment.

"Because apart from the Regional Regulation on Waste Management, we also carry out the Regional Regulation on Peace and Public Order," he said.