Cellphone Thief In Tangerang Released With Restorative Justice, His Motive Revealed Desperate To Steal To Pay Rent

The US theft suspect greets the Tangerang Regency Chief of Staff after receiving restorative justice ANTARA/Azmi Samsul Maarif.

TANGERANG - The Tangerang District Attorney's Office (Kejari), Banten, has applied restorative justice to AS (20), a suspect in the theft of a mobile phone in Cikupa.

The Head of the Tangerang District Attorney's Office, Nova Elida Siragih, said that the reason for stopping the prosecution of the case was based on Article 5 Paragraph 1 of the Attorney General's Regulation No. 12 of 2020 concerning Proof of Prosecution Based on Restorative Justice.

"That is, the suspect has committed a crime for the first time, with a criminal penalty of not more than 5 years. The evidence or loss is worth Rp. 3.2 million. And there has been a peace agreement between the victim and the perpetrator," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 22. .

He explained that the victim of the theft on behalf of Surya (60) had forgiven the suspect who had committed the crime of stealing cellphones worth Rp. 3.2 million.

"The evidence will be returned to the owner," he said.

Kajari said that in this case the suspect was forced to commit the theft because he was paying the rent he lived with his mother.

However, he continued, all acts of crime and criminal acts including theft are not justified in law or religion.

The principle of restorative justice was applied to the suspect because the theft had only been done once, plus the victim had the heart to forgive.

Meanwhile, the theft victim, Surya revealed that he was willing to forgive the suspect's actions on the condition that he would not repeat his actions.

"Because of the humanitarian element, I feel sorry for him. He also did that out of necessity, economic pressure. When he was caught, I was the one who defended him when he was about to be beaten by the residents, so he was immediately handed over to the police," he said.