FEATURED POST

Unveiling Singapore’s Death Penalty Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Public Opinion and Deterrent Claims

Image
While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as portrayed.

Bali police officer admits to smuggling drugs into jail

Bali's Kerobokan prison
A member of Bali’s finest is not denying that he smuggled methamphetamine to a police detainee.

Insp. Wayan Sudarta, 55, made the admission at a hearing in Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

Sudarta is on trial, accused of trying to pass off the meth in a shampoo bottle to Ahmad Gabriel last February, who was in police custody at the time as a drugs and gambling suspect.

“You are not denying the testimony of the witness who said you brought this stuff,” Chief Justice Angeliky said to Sudarta, as quoted by Tribun Bali.

“Correct,” Sudarta answered.

In the trial, prosecutors are presenting five police witnesses who all serve as guards at the jail.

One of the witnesses, Police Superintendent Wayan Tukar says he received a phone call on Feb. 15 from an officer on duty that Sudarta was carrying a suspicious item into the jail: a shampoo bottle that contained some plastic inside.

The officer on duty, Puja Astawa, told the court that Sudarta had come to visit Gabriel with a box of food and toiletries. Astawa says he refused the visitation request because it was not on the schedule.

“The defendant asked me several times to get to the prisoner, but I refused.

“He kept asking me if he could give the prisoner the toiletries and food, but I refused,” Astawa said.

When checking the shampoo bottle, guards realized it wasn’t sealed and that there was something other than just shampoo inside: a bag of meth.

Sudarta’s trial is set to continue next week, as prosecutors will continue to examine their witnesses.

If found guilty, Sudarta better stay clear of Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. Petrus Reinhard Golose who has dramatically threatened to shoot dirty cops on the spot.

Source: Coconuts Bali, September 14, 2017


⚑ | Report an error, an omission, a typo; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece, a comment; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: deathpenaltynews@gmail.com.


Opposed to Capital Punishment? Help us keep this blog up and running! DONATE!



"One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed,
but by the punishments that the good have inflicted." -- Oscar Wilde

Most Viewed (Last 7 Days)

California | San Quentin begins prison reform - but not for those on death row

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of man who killed couple in 2006

Oklahoma | Death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith denied stay of execution

Indonesia | Bali Prosecutors Seeking Death on Appeal

Ohio dad could still face death penalty in massacre of 3 sons after judge tosses confession

China | Former gaming executive sentenced to death in poisoning of billionaire Netflix producer

Iran | Couple hanged in the Central Prison of Tabriz