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[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 13


INDONESIA:

Drug dealer sentenced to death in Medan



The Medan District Court has declared Irwantoni, 38, guilty and sentenced him 
to death for his involvement in the delivery of 270 kilograms of sabu-sabu 
(crystal methamphetamine) from China.

The sentence was in accordance with what prosecutors sought.

In the verdict hearing held on Wednesday, presiding judge Saryana said 
Irwantoni was proven to have sent the drugs from China to Dumai, Riau and 
Medan, North Sumatra, violating the 2009 Narcotics Law.

"We sentenced the defendant with the death penalty," Saryana said.

Besides Irwantoni, 4 defendants - Daud aka Athiam, 47, Ayau, 40, Lukmansyah Bin 
Nasrul, 36, and Jimmi Syahputra Bin Rusli, 27 - were handed the death penalty 
in previous hearings in the case for their involvement in the delivery of the 
drugs.

The delivery of the crystal meth was thwarted by personnel of the National 
Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Oct. 17, 2015.

Meanwhile, personnel of the BNN's North Sumatra branch shot dead an alleged 
drug dealer on Jl. Medan-Binjai KM 16, Sunggal, in Deli Serdang regency on 
Tuesday evening.

The alleged dealer was believed to be part of the Medan-Binjai-Palembang drug 
network.

"We shot dead 1 person and arrested 4 others. We seized 12 kilograms of 
sabu-sabu from the network," BNN North Sumatra head Brig. Gen. Andi Loedianto 
said on Wednesday.

(source: The Jakarta Post)