PROSECUTORS TOLD TO PRODUCE LT AGUS IN A DRUG TRIAL

JAKARTA (JP): A West Jakarta District Court judge urged prosecutors on
Wednesday to summon Second Lt. Agus Isrok, alias Deky Setiawan, to appear as
a key witness in the next session of a drug trial.

"The court badly needs testimony from Deky Setiawan. Therefore, we ask
prosecutors to soon contact Military Police Headquarters requesting
permission for him to appear in this courtroom next time," presiding judge
Hadi Lelana told the hearing.

Hadi's remarks followed repeated queries from lawyers for defendant Donny
Hendrian concerning the status and whereabouts of Agus, who is a member of
the Army's Special Force (Kopassus).

Agus is also a son of former Army chief Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo.

Wednesday was the sixth session in the trial of Donny, who was apprehended
with Agus at a West Jakarta hotel in possession of a large amount of drugs,
including heroin, shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) and ecstasy pills.

Hadi's call was supported by fellow trial judge Basoeki.

"The prosecutors should present Deky to this courtroom since this case was
about a large size of drugs."

He said public condemnation would follow if the court failed to explore all
avenues in completing the case.

The judges and prosecutors used Deky Setiawan in referring to Agus Isrok
because it was the name used in the police dossiers and the prosecutor's
indictment.

Defendant Donny told the court in a previous hearing that the real name of
Deky Setiawan was Agus Isrok.

Donny and Agus were arrested on Aug. 8 in a room of a hotel on Jl. Mangga
Besar.

As described in the police dossiers, the items seized included 3.7 kilograms
of shabu-shabu, 6,218 ecstasy pills, 27.9 grams of heroin and 25 sachets of
Valium pills.

The status of Agus in the drug case remains a mystery as none of the
military investigators and top officers have been willing to reveal the
results of their investigation.

Director for investigations of the National Military Police, Col. Hendardji,
told The Jakarta Post recently that the internal investigation into Agus was
completed.

However, he refused to elaborate on the results.

"To obtain the details, you should contact the National Military Police
commander, Maj. Gen. Djasri Marin, since I have filed the complete report to
him as my superior," he said.

During Wednesday's hearing, prosecutor Amirullah told the court that he
previously sent two letters to Agus Isrok's address in Bandung, requesting
that he appear in court.

He said there was no response.

Amirullah promised to send another letter to Agus' address as required by
the law on Criminal Code procedures. A witness can be forcibly brought to
court if he or she fails to heed a third request to appear in court.

But when asked by reporters later whether he would seek assistance from the
military police if the third request was unheeded, the prosecutor replied:
"I have no idea."

Chief Sgt. Priyono Abdi Darmo, a police officer who was directly involved in
the investigation of the case, explained to the court about the substantial
difference in the quantity of shabu-shabu listed in the police dossiers and
the amount submitted to the court as evidence.

The prosecutor, who received the evidence along with the dossiers from the
police, submitted only 1.6 kilograms of shabu-shabu to the court instead of
the 3.7 kilograms noted in the dossiers.

Priyono claimed to have misread the scale when he weighed the drug because
the instrument's measurements were in both pounds and kilograms.

Judge Basoeki concluded: "It was the police officer's fault, since he should
have noted 1.6 kilograms in the police report, not 3.7 kilograms."

The judge adjourned the hearing to Monday to hear testimony from two senior
officers from the West Jakarta Police, Col. Adji Rustam Ramdja and Maj.
Idham Azis.