Do You Still Remember The AGO Fire Case? Six Defendants Charged From 1 To 1.5 Years In Prison

The six defendants from the worker element consulted in turn with their legal counsel during the trial for reading the charges at the South Jakarta District Court / Antara

JAKARTA - The public prosecutor (JPU) charged six defendants from the elements of workers with imprisonment of one year to one year and six months in prison. They are believed to be negligent, causing the building of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to catch fire.

The prosecutor read out the charges at the same time during a trial at the South Jakarta District Court (PN), Jakarta, Monday, April 19.

The six defendants, who were divided into three case files, were Uti Abdul Munir, Imam Sudrajat, Sahrul Karim, Karta, Tarno and Halim.

Of the six defendants, only Uti Abdul Munir was charged by the prosecutor with a sentence of one year and six months in prison.

"Imposing a prison sentence of imprisonment for one year and six months, reduced while the defendant is in temporary detention, and (asking the Panel of Judges) to order the defendant to remain detained. Charge the defendant to pay a court fee of Rp. 5,000, "said the prosecutor when reading out the charges reported by Antara.

Meanwhile, for the case file number 50 / Pid.B / 2021 / PN JKT.SEL with the defendant Imam Sudrajat, the prosecutor demanded that he be imprisoned for one year. The prosecutor also filed the same charges against the other four defendants, Sahrul Karim, Karta, Tarno and Halim.

The four defendants are joined in the same case file, namely with case number 51 / Pid.B / 2021 / PN JKT.SEL.

In the indictment document, the prosecutor believed the six defendants had been negligent and that this action was said to endanger other parties.

"The defendant has been proven to have committed, ordered to do, participated in doing because of his mistake (negligence) causing a fire, explosion, or flood, if because of that act, it would be a danger to the life of another person or if the act resulted in the death of the person," explained the prosecutor.

On the same occasion, the prosecutor also mentioned things that were burdensome and mitigated the defendant's charges.

The things that were burdensome include the defendant having committed an act that caused losses to the state. While mitigating matters, among others, the defendant was polite during the trial and had never been convicted before.

After the prosecutor read out the charges, a member of the defendant's legal team, Made Putra Aditya Pradana, said that his party would submit a written defense note. Therefore, he asked the Panel of Judges for three weeks.

This move was conveyed by Made after the six defendants took turns consulting with a team of attorneys during the trial.

Regarding the request, the Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Elfian, granted the request for a lawyer. He reminded that the note of defense was for the six defendants at once and there was no longer any reason for delay.

Made, who represented the legal team, also agreed to the Panel of Judges' request. The Panel of Judges closed the trial and decided that the next session would take place on May 10, 2021.

"To give the defendants a chance through their legal advisers, this trial is postponed, and we will be again in session on May 10, 2021. The defendants ask for cooperation and be notified if there are obstacles," said the Panel of Judges to the defendants before closing the trial.

The prosecutor previously charged the six people with negligence so that a fire broke out at the Attorney General's office building. The six people were charged by the prosecutor with Article 188 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.