Two Malaysians And A Singaporean Get Death Sentence For Drug Trafficking In Indonesia
Mohammad Sollehudin Anuar And Azmee Johari have been put on death row for smuggling 168,987 ecstasy pills from Malaysia to Indonesia in 2013.
By Mei Mei Chu — 11 Mar 2014, 05:37 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
Indonesia's Batam District Court Has Senteced Two Malaysians And A Singaporean To Death For Drug Trafficking On 11 March 2014
The Batam District Court sentenced on Monday two Malaysians and a Singaporean to death for smuggling 168,987 ecstasy pills.
thestar.com.myThe Malaysians, Mohammad Sollehudin Anuar and Azmee Johari, and Singaporean Ong Beng Song were charged with smuggling in the drugs from Malaysia into Indonesia via Batam.
thestar.com.myMalaysians Mohammad Sollehudin Anuar And Azmee Johari, And Singaporean Ong Beng Song Were Caught Red Handed
With 168,987 Ecstasy Pills On 6 June 2013
A total of 168,987 ecstasy pills seized by Police from a home in Daan Mogot Baru Housing, Block JA, No. 33, Kalideres, West Jakarta, Thursday (06/06/2013) morning, be ascertained came from Malaysia.
The joint police team of Riau Islands Police, the National Narcotics Board of Riau Province and supported Directorate IV of CID of the INP Headquarters, keep track of illicit goods since being in a warehouse in Batam on May 29, 2013. The police pursuit eventually led law enforcement to a house in the luxurious residential area of Daan Mogot Baru Housing on Thursday morning.
In the house, police arrested two Malaysian, namely Azmee bin Johari and Mohammad Sollehudin bin Anuar without any resistance. Both of them were recipients of illicit goods from a traffickers named Ong Beng Song alias Ong alias Edy who is a Singaporean.
The Three Men Were Smuggling Drugs From Malaysia To Indonesia Via Batam
The trio smuggled the drugs from Malaysia into Indonesia via Batam.
Perpetrator packed ecstasy into 163plastic wraps divided each of 81 and 82 packs, before being put into the two compressors. The Ecstasy was later sent from Johor Baru, Malaysia to Batam, by sea. After arriving in Batam,illicit goods was further take the sea route to Pekanbaru, Riau. After of Riau, ecstasy sent to Jakarta through the land by trucks.
They were caught in the act of receiving the drugs, while the Singaporean was arrested in a nearby restaurant while eating there with his wife and children.
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They Were Charged Under Indonesia'a Article 114 of Law No. 35/2009 On Narcotics. The Maximum Sentence Is Death.
They were found guilty of smuggling the drugs, an offence under Article 114 of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics, for which the maximum sentence is death, the presiding judge, Jack Octavianus, said as quoted by English daily Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
thestar.com.myJudge Jack Octavianus Says That Huge Amount Of Drugs Could Have Destroyed Many Lives If It Were Distributed
“The defendants have been found guilty of smuggling the drugs. They gave complicated and conflicting explanations and denied possessing the drugs,” presiding judge Jack Octavianus said. Jack said the death sentences were handed down since the defendants smuggled such a huge amount of drugs and if the consignment had been distributed many lives would have been destroyed.
The Defendants' Lawyer Is Still Mulling On Whether To Appeal The Verdict
The defendants’ lawyer, Edi Hartono, said they were still considering whether to appeal the court verdicts.