PALANGKA RAYA - The head of the Palangka Raya High Court, Central Kalimantan, has ordered the chairman of the Palang Raya District Court to temporarily deactivate three local district court judges who acquitted the accused drug dealer Saleh.

"The deactivation order is contained in Letter Number W16-U/995/HK/V/2022 regarding Criminal Case Number 17/Pid.Sus/2022/PN PLK," said Public Relations of the Palangka Raya High Court Wahyu Prasetyo Wibowo after meeting dozens of residents who staged demonstrations. in Palangka Raya reported by Antara, Thursday, June 2.

Wahyu said the three judges were Heru Setiyadi, Syamsuni, and Erhammudin. These three judges are no longer allowed to handle new cases since they were officially inactive.

Even so, he continued, cases that had previously been handled by the three judges could still be continued with case notes that were in the nature of a decision or before the final outcome of the trial.

He said that the Palangka Raya District Court had formed an investigation team with the aim of finding out whether the three had violated the code of ethics in the case or not.

After the results of the examination by the PN team, Wahyu said, PT will also form a team whose results will be submitted to the Supreme Court (MA).

Furthermore, the Supreme Court will examine the results of the investigation team from the PT related to the three judges who acquitted the alleged drug dealer in the Palangka Raya District Court.

"If found guilty, there will be sanctions against them in accordance with the findings of the examination," said Wahyu.

Meanwhile, Bambang Irawan, the coordinator of the joint action of a number of youth and community organizations confirmed that his party agreed with the decision of the PT.

In fact, the Chairperson of the Central Kalimantan Fordayak along with a number of youth and community organizations will continue to oversee this issue.

"We hope that with the deactivation of the three judges, they will no longer be able to carry out their usual activities. If possible during their temporary inactivity, their allowances and salaries do not have to be paid by the state. If necessary, they must move from Central Kalimantan," he said.


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