The Story Of A Middle-Aged Man For Decades Of Assembling Illegal Senpi

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JAKARTA - A middle-aged man named Aep Supriatna (46) spends part of his time assembling firearms (Senpi). He had made countless pennies.

However, for decades of assembling illegal weapons, the action of a man from Bandung, West Java, was only caught by the police recently. He was arrested on Saturday, July 18 yesterday.

Head of Public Relations of the West Java Regional Police, Kombes Saptono Erlangga, said that the suspect had been assembling weapons for 22 years. Based on his confession, the suspect always experimented in his spare time to make weapons.

However, during that time he could only assemble two senpi of the barrel, and only one of them could be operated properly.

"In a period of 22 years, from 1998 until now, only 2 cents have been assembled, which passed the test, only 1 centpi needs repair," Erlangga told VOI, Wednesday, July 22.

In addition, referring to his explanation, the skill of making senpi was obtained self-taught. The suspect simply imitated the senpi he had seen and then tried to make.

Until now, the suspect admitted that he had never sold his pennies. Senpi is admittedly only used by hunting to fill his spare time.

"The suspect's statement was used himself to hunt wild boar. But we are still investigating the statement," said Erlangga.

Information from the perpetrators was not immediately believed. This is because, from the suspect's house, evidence was found in the form of two senpi, 5.56 millimeter caliber barrels and hundreds of bullets of various sizes.

For his actions, the suspect was charged under Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Indonesian Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951 with a prison sentence of 20 years or life.