Teddy Betrayed Public Trust
Insp. Gen. Teddy Minahasa faces the death penalty over drug trafficking. The public prosecutor considered Teddy had betrayed the trust of the public and the state.
The defendant Teddy Minahasa listens to the reading of the charges by the public prosecutor at the West Jakarta District Court, Thursday (30/3/2023).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Prosecutors demanded the death sentence for disgraced police officer Insp. Gen. Teddy Minahasa over an alleged drug trafficking. The prosecutors said Teddy was proven to have no right and no authority to distribute 5 kilograms of methamphetamine from West Sumatra to Jakarta.
During the trial at the West Jakarta District Court on Thursday (30/3/2023), Wahyudi, who acted as public prosecutor, was the last to read out the charges against Teddy before the defendant's attorneys, Hotman Paris and his team, as well as a judicial panel chaired by Jon Sarman Saragih. The prosecutor's demand was based on information gathered from 29 witnesses and a number of pieces of evidence.