Efforts To Appeal Failed, Kubu Teddy Minahasa Will File Cassation

Inspector General Teddy Minahasa During The Police Code Of Conduct Session/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The former West Sumatra Police Chief, Teddy Minahasa, will file an appeal after his appeal failed. This is because the panel of judges at the DKI Jakarta High Court decided to strengthen the sentence for life imprisonment.

"The cassation will be," said the attorney for the defendant Teddy Minahasa, Hotman Paris Hutapea, in his statement, quoted on Saturday, July 8.

In addition, Teddy's other attorney, Anthony Djono, also conveyed about the appeal he would file while waiting for a notification of the appeal decision.

"We will file a Cassation against today's Appeal Decision (Thursday 6 July), of course formally we have to wait for an official notification of the appeal decision to us," he explained.

Originally, in the first instance court, the panel of judges stated that Teddy Minahasa was involved in drug trafficking. Thus, sentenced to life imprisonment.

Teddy Minahasa is considered to have ordered AKBP Dody Prawiranegara to set aside evidence of methamphetamine from the results of the disclosure of the case to be circulated.

The Bukittinggi Police initially wanted to destroy 40 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, but Inspector General Teddy Minahasa allegedly ordered to exchange five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine for tawas.

The methamphetamine was brought to Jakarta to be allegedly circulated again by involving Kasranto, Linda, Arif, and former member of the Muara Baru Police, Aiptu Janto Parluhut Situmorang.

However, the embezzlement of drug evidence was finally uncovered by a series of disclosures of narcotics cases by the Central Jakarta Metro Police and Polda Metro Jaya.