2 Rakitan Senpi Smugglers To Papua Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Prison

The Ambon District Court judges temporarily read out the prison sentences for the two defendants who tried to smuggle long-barreled assembled rifles and dozens of rounds of ammunition from Ambon to Papua. (16/5) (ANTARA/daniel/)

Two defendants in the smuggling of three long-barreled firearms (senpi) and 58 rounds of ammunition to Papua were sentenced to four years and six months in prison by the Ambon District Court judges.

"Stating that the defendants Jery Loupatty (52) and Fredy Latupeirisa (42) were found guilty of violating Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951 in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code and Article 56 of the Criminal Code and sentenced the defendant to four years and six months in prison," said Ambon District Court Chief Justice Wilson Shriver as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, May 16.

The verdict of the panel of judges is still lighter than the demands of the Ambon Prosecutor's Office, Donald Retob, who charged the defendants with seven years in prison.

Based on this decision, both the public prosecutor and the defendant through their legal advisor Thomas Wattimuray stated that they accepted.

The two perpetrators were arrested by the Head of the Yos Sudarso Port Area of the Ambon Island Police and PP Lease on November 17, 2023 while carrying three homemade rifles and 58 rounds of ammunition to Papua by riding the Pelni ship.

When arrested, they carried three rifles made of black long-barreled rifles, each with two folding popor weapons made of ready-to-use iron without magezins and one long-barreled homemade rifle made of ready-to-use wood and 58 rounds of ammunition.