Former prison security chief on the resort island of Bali to four years in jail for drugs and weapons offences
An Indonesian court has sentenced a former prison security chief on the resort island of Bali to four years in jail for drugs and weapons offences.
Muhammad Sudrajat was found guilty of possessing 0.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine, also known locally as "shabu", and 50 rounds of ammunition.
Sudrajat's arrest in September last year had prompted Indonesian police to investigate reports of a drug network in Bali's Kerobokan prison where at least 10 Australians are serving heavy sentences for drug offences.
Police had initially suspected Sudrajat of having acted as a middleman, bringing drugs in and out of the prison, but the suspicion was not proven in court.Drugs are rife in Indonesian prisons and there are also frequent cases of prison staff being bribed.Sudrajat said after the conviction that he was sorry for tarnishing the image of the Bali prison.
"I'm satisfied that the judges have made an objective decision," he told reporters.
Indonesia imposes the death sentence for many narcotic offences, defending the penalty as necessary to deter others in a country with a growing drugs problem.
The Supreme Court this month commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences for three of six Australians on death row for trying to smuggle out of Bali 8.2 kg (18 lb) of heroin.
Muhammad Sudrajat was found guilty of possessing 0.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine, also known locally as "shabu", and 50 rounds of ammunition.
Sudrajat's arrest in September last year had prompted Indonesian police to investigate reports of a drug network in Bali's Kerobokan prison where at least 10 Australians are serving heavy sentences for drug offences.
Police had initially suspected Sudrajat of having acted as a middleman, bringing drugs in and out of the prison, but the suspicion was not proven in court.Drugs are rife in Indonesian prisons and there are also frequent cases of prison staff being bribed.Sudrajat said after the conviction that he was sorry for tarnishing the image of the Bali prison.
"I'm satisfied that the judges have made an objective decision," he told reporters.
Indonesia imposes the death sentence for many narcotic offences, defending the penalty as necessary to deter others in a country with a growing drugs problem.
The Supreme Court this month commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences for three of six Australians on death row for trying to smuggle out of Bali 8.2 kg (18 lb) of heroin.
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