Paranormal Roy Kiyoshi Will Be Examined As A Defendant

Roy Kiyoshi online trial (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The South Jakarta District Court (Jaksel) will again hold a trial for alleged psychotropic abuse involving the psychic Roy Kiyoshi. The trial agenda this time is the examination of the defendant.

"The trial is scheduled for noon just like the inaugural session at around 13.00 WIB," said the Public Prosecutor (JPU), Leo Simalango, quoted by Antara, Jakarta, Wednesday morning.

Leo said that the trial for the defendant was conducted by teleconference. The prosecutors, lawyers and panel of judges are at the South Jakarta District Court, while Roy Kiyoshi remains at the Drug Addiction Hospital (RSKO) Cibubur, East Jakarta.

Roy Kiyoshi has undergone the trial of the indictment on Wednesday July 15, followed by the examination of witnesses from the prosecutor, namely two investigators from the South Jakarta Metro Police who made the arrest.

From Ro Kiyoshi's side did not submit an exception and did not present any witnesses to mitigate it so the panel of judges continued the trial with the agenda of examining the defendant.

In the indictment trial, the prosecutor charged Rot Kiyoshi with Article 62 or Article 60 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 5 of 1997 concerning Psychotropics, and is punishable by imprisonment for five years.

"Roy was charged with first Article 62 or second Article 60 paragraph 5 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 5 of 1997 concerning Psychotropics," Leo said on Wednesday, July 15.

At the trial of the indictment, Roy admitted that he had bought psychotropic drugs containing class 4 drugs online without a doctor's prescription.

Roy Kurniawan (33) alias Roy Kiyoshi became known after becoming a Karma program host on a private TV station, and was arrested by Satnarkoba investigators at the South Jakarta Metro Police on Wednesday May 6 at 17.00 WIB at his residence in the Cengkareng area, West Jakarta.

At the time of the arrest, the officers found evidence in the form of 21 pills of psychotropic substances that Roy had purchased online.

From the results of Roy Kiyoshi's urine test, he was positive for benzodiazepines or class four psychotropics.

Now Roy Kiyoshi is undergoing rehabilitation at RSKO Cibubur, South Jakarta after the results of his assessment were declared to have used the drug and needed to be rehabilitated since Thursday, May 14.