“Two pieces of evidence, namely the WhatsApp conversation and the suspect’s confession, are not strong enough to be used as evidence, in accordance with the evidentiary law,”
Jakarta (Reportase One) – Legal practitioner Erwin Kallo assesses the convict in the narcotics case Inspector General Pol. Teddy Minahasa should have been acquitted by the public prosecutor (JPU) due to weak evidence.
“Two pieces of evidence, namely the WhatsApp conversation and the suspect’s confession, are not strong enough to be used as evidence, in accordance with the evidentiary law,” he said in a written statement in Jakarta, Wednesday.
He explained why the two pieces of evidence were not strong enough to charge Teddy. First, the confessional evidence was taken from the statements of the two suspects, namely Doddy Prawiranegara and Linda Pujiastuti.
He said the confessions of the suspects were weak or weak. According to him, the judge will ignore the confession of the suspect because it has an element of interest.
“So usually the confessions of the suspects are only used as clues. He will be strong evidence if the confession is proven by other evidence,” he explained.
Then regarding evidence of WhatsApp message conversations, said Erwin, that evidence is also invalid. This is because the conversation is contained in a technology-based application that can be manipulated.
“Chat is technology, technology is easy to manipulate, can be cut, can be edited and so on, meaning it is not perfect evidence,” he explained.
In addition, WhatsApp conversations also cannot be supporting evidence because they are weak as a means of proof.
“My point is that chat can be engineered, it’s very easy, especially if the conversation is not whole,” he emphasized.
Due to the weakness of the two pieces of evidence, Erwin is of the opinion that the indictment and the prosecutor’s demands against Teddy should be dropped for the sake of law. He stated that the indictment and the evidence they owned together did not convince that the criminal element was fulfilled.
“I said that I should be released, because the charges and evidence are not convincing. So the words ‘legally and convincingly proven’ cannot be used because the evidence is not convincing,” he explained.
Reporter: Fauzi
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