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Prosecutors demand 1 year 3 months for Australian over drug abuse
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Suspected: Australian national Robert Isaac Emmanuel enters the hearing room at the Denpasar District Court on March 22. Prosecutors sought one year and three months in prison for the defendant over drug abuses. (JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
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rosecutors have demanded the Denpasar District Court's judge panel to sentence Australian national Robert Isaac Emmanuel to one year and three months in prison over drug abuse. The demand is far lighter than the maximum death sentence suggested by articles he has been charged with.
Prosecutors prepared three alternative articles for the defendant's indictment. During the hearing on Thursday, prosecutors said Emmanuel was found guilty of violating Article 127 of the 2009 Narcotics Law on abusing drugs for personal use.
Prosecutors did not count two other articles, Article 112 (2) and Article 113 (2), that carried a maximum sentence of death penalty.
Prosecutors also charged Emmanuel with Article 62 of the 1997 Psychotropic Law for bringing several packages of psychotropic substances.
"Prosecutors demand the panel of judges at the Denpasar Court rule the defendant, Robert Isaac Emmanuel, guilty of abusing type-one drugs for himself as regulated in Article 127 of the 2009 Narcotics Law, and without the right to possess psychotropic substances as regulated in Article 62 of the 1997 Psychotropic Law," said prosecutor Suhadi.
"Prosecutors also demand the judge panel sentence him to one year and three months' imprisonment and order him to pay Rp 20 million [US$1,400] in fines, or face an additional 6 months' imprisonment," he went on
Prosecutors considered some factors that had aggravated their sentence demand. "The defendant's actions contradicted the Indonesian government's program to eradicate drugs [...]," Suhadi said.
Prosecutors also considered some factors that mitigated his sentence. “The defendant has been honest and admitted all his misdeeds during the trial." (ebf)
