The Defendant In The Klitih Case In Yogyakarta Shocked The Supreme Court

The attorneys for the two defendants in the "klitih" case or street crime in Yogyakarta submitted a letter of application for cassation at the Yogyakarta/ANTARA District Court.

YOGYAKARTA - Two defendants in a crime case or street crime that killed a student on Jalan Gedongkuning, Yogyakarta City filed an appeal to the Supreme Court after an appeal at the Yogyakarta Special Region High Court was rejected. The defendants Ryan Nanda Syahputra (19) and Fernandito Aldrian Saputra (18) through their attorney submitted a letter of appeal at the Yogyakarta District Court, Thursday, January 12. "We submitted this cassation request not only a matter that the defendant was sentenced to ten or six years, or how long, no. But there is a very principle for us when the facts of the trial clearly prove that this defendant does not know anything about the Gedongkining klitih incident," said the attorney. one of the defendants, Taufiqurrarahman after submitting the appeal letter quoted from Antara. Taufiqurrahman is sure that apart from not knowing what happened on April 3, 2022, neither Ryan nor Fernandito were at the scene. "Don't get involved, just know, and not at the location. That's a trial fact that was materially revealed before the trial," he said. Therefore, in the cassation, his party asked his client to be released and law enforcement could arrest the real perpetrators of street crimes or "klitih". "They are students, teenagers who need guidance. They have to undergo a situation that is very extraordinary for them," said Taufiqurrarahman. Based on the provisions, he said, the Supreme Court (MA) has six months to handle the cassation case. Meanwhile, the attorney has 14 days to prepare the cassation memory or at the latest it has been submitted on January 26, 2023. In the cassation memory, Taufiqurrahman ensures that he will include a number of new facts. According to him, the consideration of the decision of the panel of judges who ignore the testimony of the defendant's friends will also be included. "There are several things (new facts), there are witnesses, and there is also evidence later, but for the time being we are still 'ep' first, God willing, it will be a special surprise in 2023," he said. He said the appeal decision of the DIY High Court was merely to strengthen the decision of the Yogyakarta District Court without any detailed considerations. "Just saying that the District Court's decision is correct, which thing is right, we don't know because it is not contained in the appeal decision," he said. Previously, on November 8, 2022, the Panel of Judges at the Yogyakarta District Court (PN) sentenced five defendants to "klitih" cases or street crimes on Jalan Gedongkuning, Yogyakarta City, with a prison sentence of six to 10 years in prison. The five of them were found guilty and fulfilled the elements of Article 170 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) concerning criminal acts that jointly commit violence against people. Based on the verdict, they then filed an appeal, but the DIY High Court (PT) in its decision upheld the decision of the Yogyakarta District Court. Apart from Ryan and Fernandito, according to Taufiqurrahman, the defendants Hanif Aqil Amrulloh, Muhammad Musyaffa Affandi, and Andi Muhammad Husein Mazhahiri had already submitted an appeal.