The panel of judges at the Banda Aceh District Court sentenced a Bangladeshi citizen (WN) to 10 months in prison for being found guilty of entering and living in Indonesian territory illegally or without immigration documents.
The verdict was read out by Arnaini and accompanied by Mustabairah and Jamaluddin, each as member judges at the trial at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh, Tuesday, August 27.
The defendant on behalf of Parvez, a Bangladeshi national, was present at the trial accompanied by his legal adviser.
"Declaring that the defendant Parvez is proven guilty of entering and living in Indonesian territory without immigration documents or foreign travel. Sentencing the defendant with a sentence of 10 months in prison," said the panel of judges.
In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of Rp. 5 million, a substitute sentence if the defendant did not pay, namely one month in prison.
To declare that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 119 paragraph (1) of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.
Based on the facts at the trial, said the Panel of Judges, the defendant entered Indonesian territory from Malaysia through Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra in February 2023.
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From Malaysia, the defendant boarded a motorboat. Furthermore, the defendant headed to Banda Aceh City to meet his wife. Then, the defendant settled in Gampong Pie, Meuraxa District, Banda Aceh City. The defendant was arrested by a joint team at the end of February 2024.
The verdict of the panel of judges was lighter than the demands of the public prosecutor. At the previous trial, the public prosecutor charged the defendant Parvez with a sentence of one year in prison and a fine of Rp. 5 million, subsidiary to three months in prison.
On this decision, the public prosecutor expressed his thoughts. The panel of judges gave seven days to think about it.
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