Kivlan Zen Considers The Legal Process To Be Just A Formality

Kivlan Zen on trial. (Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI)

JAKARTA - The defendant in the alleged possession of firearms (senpi) Major General (Ret.) Kivlan Zen stated his rejection of the prosecutor's demands. According to him, the prosecution's demands were not based on solid evidence.

Therefore, the refusal will be stated in a plea or memorandum of defense at the next trial.

He said the irregularities in the prosecutor's demands were also evident from the prosecution's demands. He said that if he was proven to have made an illegal attempt to possess firearms, the prosecution's demands would be very heavy.

Because, according to the rules, cases of alleged illegal possession of firearms and all the demands of the public prosecutor should be prosecuted with the threat of death or life imprisonment or a minimum of 20 years in prison.

He also denied that he was ordered to do something related to the attempt to possess illegal firearms, or to take part in the effort. In fact, he said, the timing of the incident, the time of the meeting with the parties called the prosecutor involved as stated in the prosecutor's demands were not based on actual facts.

"If I am guilty, my sentence will be heavy. The death penalty is life imprisonment, at least 20 years. It means that there is doubt from the public prosecutor that the facts, data, are all irregular. I can't do that anymore," he said after the hearing with the agenda of the prosecution's demands at the Central Jakarta District Court, Friday, August 20.

He made sure he would still reveal the facts that actually happened. This includes revealing the prosecutor's mistakes in his demands.

"Later I will answer everything in my plea that it is not true," he said.

He gave an example of the prosecutor's mistake regarding the possession of the weapon. He said the firearm in question in the case happened in 2018. However, he said, the prosecutor changed the time of ownership to 2019. He confirmed that he could prove it at the next scheduled plenary hearing.

"I will answer all of them one by one in a pledoi that they are not true," he said.

He said the legal process he was going through was just a formality. Because, the goal is only to justify the allegations as if he was guilty. In fact, the evidence in the trial process was that he was not at all guilty.

"In my opinion, this is only formal so that I can be said to be wrong. But it's okay, I don't blame anyone. The situation is indeed a political situation. On May 21, when the riots (in front of Bawaslu) were sought, who had shooting weapons. I will defend myself, I will state that I am innocent. I have no grudge against anyone. To the police, to the prosecutor," he said.

As previously reported, the trial of the alleged illegal possession of firearms with the defendant Major General (Ret.) Kivlan Zen is entering its final stages.

At the trial with the agenda of the prosecutor's demands, Kivlan was demanded to be imprisoned for 7 months at the Central Jakarta District Court, Friday, August 20. He was said by the public prosecutor to be proven legally and convincingly in possession of firearms and a number of live ammunition illegally.