Eny Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 04/01/2010 11:17 PM
The South Jakarta District Court on Thursday suspended detention Susandhi bin Sukatma aka Aan, a defendant in an drug possession case, citing reasonable assurance from his lawyers that his client will not flee.
Presiding Judge Artha Theresia said the decision took into effect since April 1 until the court issued its verdict over the case.
“We grant the lawyer's request to delay the detention while keep on asking for the defendant to attend all court sessions, Artha said.
One of the considerations, she said, was that the defendant had undergone torture during a preliminary questioning session from officers of the Maluku Regional Police Office on Dec. 14, 2009.
“I can only say alhamdulilah (thank God). I thank to my lawyers [over the suspension of the detention],” Aan said after the trial.
Aan's lawyer Edwin Partogi said he was expecting the delay of the detention would become an input for the prosecutors for not being hesitant to demand his client be acquitted from all of the charges.
Today's trial was supposedly scheduled to hear demand from state prosecutors for the second time against Aan. However, prosecutor Sri Haryanto said he had yet to be ready to read the demand without giving any clear reasons.
The court will resume next Thursday to hear the demand.
Aan was arrested by the Jakarta Police on Dec. 14 at the Artha Graha building of South Jakarta after the police found 0.1427 grams of drugs in his wallet. He was detained at the Cipinang Penitentiary one day after the arrest.
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