Jessica Wongso Kembali Walk Out Dari Sidang PK

The convict in the premeditated murder case Jessica Kumala Wongso and her legal adviser, Hidayat Bostam/ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria

JAKARTA - The convict in the premeditated murder case Jessica Kumala Wongso and her team of legal advisors again expressed their stance to leave or walk out of the trial for a review at the Central Jakarta District Court.

Jessica's legal adviser, Hidayat Bostam, said that her party had left the PK application hearing again this time because the public prosecutor (JPU) as the respondent presented experts at the trial for the second time.

"According to our agreement last week when the prosecutor presented an expert, we objected. Our objection was recorded in the trial because the respondent should only be enough to respond or give an opinion," Hidayat said when met after leaving the expert examination hearing at the Central Jakarta District Court, reported by ANTARA, Monday, November 25.

Therefore, he said, the prosecutor as the PK respondent should have complied with the procedural law. Article 236 of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) has been regulated that the PK trial is the "stage" of the applicant.

According to him, the decision submitted by the PK application has permanent legal force or inkrah, but the convict still has the right to apply for a PK.

"Well, why does the prosecutor as the respondent always account by presenting experts for examination? There shouldn't be a need," he said.

Just like this trial, at the trial of Jessica's previous PK application at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday (18/11), the Public Prosecutor as the respondent presented an expert for examination so that in the trial of the PK application the prosecutor was recorded twice as presenting an expert.

In the PK application hearing, Jessica asked to be acquitted of the murder indictment of Wayan Mirna Salihin.

Even though Jessica is already released on condition, Jessica still feels that she has not committed the actions she has been accused of, so she wants to refute and hope that the Supreme Court declares herself innocent.

When reading PK's memory at the trial at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday (29/10), Jessica Wongso's legal adviser, Andra Reinhard Pasaribu, said the request was because CCTV footage was allegedly engineered and proven at the previous trial that the CCTV footage confiscation procedure did not comply with the provisions.

"The decision from the first instance of the court until a review in this case for the sake of law must be canceled because it has been based on CCTV footage which is illegal evidence," said Andra.

Since the beginning, Jessica's legal advisory team has been defending by stating that the CCTV footage played at the trial has been cut.

However, at that time the legal advisory team did not have evidence of the CCTV footage, so the judge ignored it.

However, currently, Jessica's legal advisory team has found footage that can prove that the CCTV footage is incomplete from start to finish, which makes it a mistake to conclude the case.

The inventor of a CCTV footage that became new evidence (novum) of Jessica's case named Helmi Bottam. He had been sworn in before the PK memory was read.

Previously, the Directorate General of Corrections at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights stated that Jessica was released from condition as of Sunday, August 18, 2024.

As a conditionally free convict, Jessica is still required to report and undergo guidance until 2032.