Drug Control Prison In Ambon Prison Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Ambon District Court/Antara

AMBON - The Ambon District Court judges sentenced Roberto Kainama to 10 years in prison, a drug accused who is currently a prisoner in the Ambon Penitentiary. He was able to control the purchase of 41.35 grams of crystal methamphetamine from Jakarta.

"Declaring that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 132 of the Indonesian Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning conspiracy to buy drugs of class one instead of methamphetamine," said the Chief Justice of the Panel of Judges, Julianty Wattimury, reading the verdict quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 5.

In their ruling, the panel of judges also sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison.

Meanwhile, his colleague Marce Samalo alias Ace, who is an ASN of the Maluku Human Rights Ministry Regional Office who served in Nania Ambon Prison, was sentenced to eight years in prison, and a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary of three months in prison.

The defendant Marce was sentenced to prison and a fine for being involved in a conspiracy with Roberto and three other defendants (in separate BAP).

There is also the aggravating thing that the defendant was sentenced to prison because the defendant Roberto was currently serving his sentence in the same case. Meanwhile, Marce is a correctional officer and both of them do not support the government's program to prevent the abuse of narcotics and illegal drugs.

The judge's decision was also higher than the demands of the Maluku Attorney General's Office, Ester Wattimury, who in the previous trial asked the defendant Roberto to be sentenced to eight years and the defendant Marce to six years, a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison.

On this decision, the defendants through their legal advisors John Tuhumena and Yani Tutuarima expressed their thoughts so that they were given seven days to state their position.