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Liquid ecstasy dealer sentenced to 19 years
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Motorcycles are parked at the entrance to the MG International Club on Jl. Tubagus Angke, in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta on Dec. 18, 2017, a day after police raided the nightclub. (kompas.com/Kristianto Purnomo)
Liquid ecstasy dealer Samsul Anwar was sentenced to 19 years in prison by the West Jakarta District Court on Tuesday.
Samsul and three other suspects were arrested during a police raid at the MG International Club in Tanjung Duren district, West Jakarta, in December last year.
He was found guilty of violating Article 114(2) of the 2009 Drug Law. The law stipulates that persons found guilty of dealing hard drugs are liable to face the death penalty.
“The defendant will be sentenced to 19 years imprisonment and be fined Rp 1 billion [US$101,245]. If the fine is unpaid then the sentence will be extended by three months,” the presiding judge, Agus Pambodo, read out in the courtroom on Thursday as reported by kompas.com.
The judges said the points against the defendant included his failure to help the government eradicate drug use, while, on the other hand, the points for him were that he was polite throughout the hearing, admitted his guilt and had a family.
The defendant and his lawyer Abu Bakar Lamatapo have been given one week to decide whether to challenge or accept the sentence.
Police reportedly found 13 liters of liquid methamphetamine, packaged in several 330 milliliter plastic bottles worth Rp 400,000 each during a raid on the MG International nightclub. Samsul was the suspected coordinator of the team, however the club’s owner, Agung Ashari, alias Rudi, is still at large. (nor)
