Defendant Of Rohingya Smuggler In South Aceh Sued 7-8 Years In Prison

The photo archive - public prosecutor for the smuggling of Rohingya immigrants read out the indictment in a trial at the Tapaktuan District Court, Tuesday (6/5/2025). ANTARA/HO-Kejari South Aceh

The public prosecutor of the South Aceh District Attorney's Office (Kejari) demanded a sentence of 7 to 8 years in prison for four defendants smuggling Rohingya immigrants.

The demands were read out by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) Yunasrul, Ardiansyah and Day Vernanda Sirait during a trial at the Tapaktuan District Court, South Aceh Regency on Wednesday, August 13.

The four defendants were Faisal, Ruslan, Abizar, and Ilhamdi.

"The defendants are residents of South Aceh Regency and Southwest Aceh Regency," said Head of the Intelligence Section of the South Aceh Kejari M Alfryandi Hakim as reported by ANTARA.

In the indictment, the Public Prosecutor charged the defendant Abizar with 8 years in prison, while the defendants Faisal, Ruslan, and Ilhamdi were each sentenced to 7 years in prison.

In addition to imprisonment, the prosecutor also demanded that the defendants pay a fine of Rp. 1 billion each with a subsidiary or compensation if the defendant did not pay for 6 months in prison.

The prosecutor stated that the defendants were legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 120 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning immigration in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 2 Paragraph (1) letter f of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the eradication and prevention of money laundering in conjunction with Article 323 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 17 of 2008 concerning shipping in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

"The prosecutor in his claim stated that the defendants brought foreign nationals into Indonesia through the waters of South Aceh Regency without valid documents and did not go through immigration examination," said M Alfryandi.