Member and Spokesperson of the Judicial Commission (KY) Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata confirmed that his party will study the decision of the Stabat District Court (PN), Langkat, North Sumatra, regarding the acquittal of former Langkat Regent Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin.
“KY cannot judge whether the decision is right or wrong. However, KY will study the decision further as an entry point for alleged violations of the judge’s code of ethics,” said Mukti in a written statement, Wednesday (10/7).
He explained that his party took the initiative to monitor the trial while the case was still rolling in the green table. The monitoring team has conducted two trial monitoring aspects of the judge’s behavior, the trial process, and the situation and conditions of the court.
“The monitoring aims to ensure that judges are independent and impartial in deciding a case, without any intervention from any party,” said Mukti.
Apart from that, he said that the KY understood the reaction and unrest in society towards the acquittal decision once morest Terbit in the alleged Human Trafficking (TPPO) case.
Previously, Monday (8/7), the Panel of Judges at the Stabat District Court, Langkat, stated that Terbit was not proven guilty as charged by the public prosecutor. The panel of judges also requested that the rights and dignity of the defendant in this case be restored.
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The case that ensnared the former Regent of Langkat began with the discovery of human cage practices in his private residence, in Raja Tengah Village, Kuala District, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra on January 19, 2022.
The human cages were said to be used to imprison Terbit’s palm oil plantation workers. However, he denied this and claimed the cages were cells to train drug abusers.
Police said the human cage did not have a permit from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and emphasized that the cage in Terbit’s house might not be called a rehabilitation center. (Ant/Z-11)
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