9 Police Former Members Of The Barelang Narcotics Unit Drug Suspect Withdraw Pretrial

The pretrial hearing related to the legality of the determination of the suspect, one of the former members of the Narcotics Unit of the Barelang Police at the Batam District Court, Wednesday (2/10/2024). (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty)

As many as nine former members of the Drug Investigation Unit of the City Resort Police, Barelang, withdrew the pretrial lawsuit related to the validity of the determination of the suspect by the Riau Islands Police which was registered with the Batam District Court.

According to Christopher Silitonga, the attorneys of the respondents, his party received a letter of application from nine of their clients to revoke the pretrial application at the Batam District Court.

"For now, nine (clients) have submitted a power of attorney to revoke us, but not all of them have reached trial," Christopher said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, October 4.

He explained that seven of his nine members had already undergone trial and were officially revoked based on the judge's decision to read out the determination of the revocation.

The seven people, namely Brigpol IMR and Aiptu WRK on Monday (30/9), Iptu SS on Tuesday (1/10). Then at the trial Wednesday (2/10), they were revoked for four respondents, namely Bripa JG, Ipda F, Bripka R, and Bripka AC.

According to Christhopher, even though all of his clients have submitted a power of attorney to revoke it, not all applications have been revoked.

There are still two clients who will undergo trial on Monday (7/10) on behalf of Bripka AR and Wednesday (9/10) on behalf of Bripka JS.

"If to find out whether to withdraw or continue, later on the agenda of the next trial can be ascertained," he said.

He said the application file was declared revoked after going through trial because at the trial the attorney submitted the revocation power of attorney to the pretrial single judge and attended by the respondent.

After receiving the revocation power of attorney, the judge will ask the respondent whether he accepts or refuses.

"We filed a pretrial, then we revoked it, so there must be an acc (approval) from the respondent and the judge. If it has been applied to, then the acchakim can be immediately revoked," he said.

Christopher admitted that he did not know the reason for his client's withdrawal of the pretrial application. The power of attorney to revoke it was written by each respondent and given to the attorney.

Nine of the 10 former members of the Narcotics Unit of the Barelang Police have been named as suspects in the collection of evidence of drugs weighing 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine. This case ensnared the former Head of Narcotics Unit of the Barellang Police, Kompol SN.

The ten people have carried out an ethics trial and were sentenced to dishonorable dismissal (PTDH). For this decision, the ten members of the National Police appealed the decision of the Police Code of Ethics Commission (KKEP).

Previously, the Head of Public Relations of the Riau Islands Police, Kombes Zahwany Pandra Arsyad, said that currently investigators were preparing the case files for 10 suspects, former members of the Narcotics Unit of the Barelang Police, to be immediately transferred to the Riau Islands Attorney General's Office.

"This is completing the file. Currently, even though the SPDP has been sent, investigators are completing all the files," said Pandra.