Prosecutors Execute 11 Convicted Elephant Ivory Sellers To Aceh Jaya Prison

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

MEULABOH - The Aceh Jaya District Attorney's team executed 11 people convicted of trafficking elephant ivory and other body parts to the Class III Calang Correctional Institution.

"This execution was carried out after the appeal request was granted by the Banda Aceh High Court Panel of Judges", said Head of the General Crimes Section of the Aceh Jaya District Attorney, in Meulaboh Rifai Affandi, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 21.

Eleven convicts who were executed at the Class III Calang Correctional Institution, Aceh Jaya Regency, namely Sudirman were sentenced to four years and six months in prison, M Amin was sentenced to three years in prison, Abdul Majid was sentenced to two years in prison, Lukman was sentenced to two years in prison, M Rozi with a prison sentence of two years.

Then Zubardi was sentenced to prison for one year, Hamdani was sentenced to prison for one year, Hamdani was sentenced to prison for one year, Supriyadi alias Pak Pen was sentenced to prison for one year, M Noor alias Pak Nur was sentenced to prison for one year, and Isdul Farsi is also sentenced to one year in prison.

The executions carried out by the 11 convicts will later be followed by the destruction and return of evidence resulting from crimes that have received a permanent decision from the court.

The evidence includes elephant tusks, elephant bones, elephant skulls, and other evidence.

The convict was previously found guilty of violating Article 40 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 21 paragraph (2) letter d of Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Resources and Their Ecosystems, Jo Article 55 of the Criminal Code, namely intentionally participate jointly in trading other parts of protected animals.

He also said that previously this case had been decided by the Calang District Court, Aceh Jaya District, but later the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Aceh Jaya District Court declared an appeal to the Banda Aceh High Court.

The decision of the Banda Aceh High Court, he said, essentially stated that it accepted the appeal from the public prosecutor and corrected the decision of the Calang District Court dated January 27, 2021 Number 51/Pid.B/LH/2021/PN Cag and the Calang District Court Decision. limited to the sentence imposed on each defendant.

"For each convict, a fine of IDR 50 million is also imposed with the provision that if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for two months", said Rifai Affandi.