MAKASSAR - The Panel of Judges at the Makassar Class IA District Court (PN) sentenced a defendant to a dangerous cosmetic owner and dealer containing mercury, Mustadir Daeng Sila, with a sentence of 18 months in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion.
"The defendant was legally and convincingly proven to have violated the indictment. Therefore, he was sentenced to one year and six months (18 months)," said Chief Judge Angeliky Handajani Day as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 3.
In addition to the prison sentence, the defendant Mustadir Daeng Sila as Director of CV Fenny Frans was also given an additional penalty in the form of a fine of Rp. 1 billion with a subsidiary of two months in prison if he did not pay the fine.
In the verdict, the panel of judges said that the Director of CV Fenny Frans was proven to have violated Article 62 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph 1 letter a of Law number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection.
The thing that burdens the defendant is to do actions that disturb the public and lack of caution before distributing their cosmetic products so as to have an impact on consumers.
However, the decision of the panel of judges was considered lighter in the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office who demanded 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion.
Responding to the decision, the Head of the Legal Information Section of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office, Soetarmi, said that his party had proven that the subsidiary charges filed by the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office were proven.
"We appreciate the decision of the panel of judges regarding the verdict of the defendant Mustadir Dg Sila. The prosecutor expressed his thoughts, then he will determine his attitude, whether to accept or take legal action. This is because there is a difference in opinion regarding the application of articles in proving this case," said Soetarmi.
The South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office stated that the defendant Mustadir Daeng Sila's actions were proven to have violated Article 435 Juncto 138 paragraph 2 of Law number 17 of 2023 concerning Health.
Meanwhile, the Makassar District Court Panel of Judges is of the opinion that the defendant's actions only violated Article 62 paragraph 1 Juncto Article 8 paragraph 1 letter a of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection.
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Previously, in this case the police and the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office together with the Makassar Kejari named three suspects for the case of making and circulating hazardous cosmetics. The three of them are now defendants and are currently undergoing trial at the Makassar District Court
As for the other two defendants, Mira Hayati (30) and Agus Salim (40) as owners of the dangerous cosmetic product are still in the chair of the Makassar District Court to undergo a trial with an agenda for reading the charges. The follow-up trial is scheduled for June 17, 2025.
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