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Eight found guilty, jailed for fatal Langkat incarceration

The Stabat District Court in Langkat, North Sumatra, has found eight defendants guilty of being involved in the fatal caging of people in the house of graft suspect and inactive Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin.

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post)

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Stabat, North Sumatra

Fri, December 2, 2022 Published on Dec. 1, 2022 Published on 2022-12-01T23:30:54+07:00

A police officer inspects one of the two iron-barred cells discovered at the house of graft suspect Terbit Rencana Peranginangin, the inactive regent of Langkat, North Sumatra.

Apriadi Gunawan

The Jakarta Post/Stabat, North Sumatra

The Stabat District Court in Langkat, North Sumatra, has found eight defendants guilty of involvement in the fatal incarceration of people trafficked to work on an oil palm plantation that supplied global brands.

Victims succumbed to their injuries inside two cages on the property of graft suspect and inactive Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Peranginangin in the country’s latest case of modern slavery.

The court handed down between 19 months and three years prison time.

The defendants, who included Terbit’s son Dewa, were on trial for having acted as caretakers of the iron-barred cells and were allegedly involved in the incarceration that led to the death of four victims.

Dewa and three other defendants had been charged with group violence resulting in death, which carries a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison, and premeditated murder, with a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment under the Criminal Code.