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| Roger Danuarta |
Jakarta. The East Jakarta district court
sentenced Roger Danuarta to a year in a rehabilitation facility on
Tuesday, after the sinetron actor was arrested for dangerous driving and
possession of drugs last year.
“The panel of judges hand down a one-year prison sentence minus time
already served,” Sabarudin Ilyas, the presiding judge, said as quoted by
news portal Merdeka.com on Wednesday. “For the rest of the term, the
defendant should spend it at a rehabilitation center run by the National
Narcotics Agency [BNN] in Wates village, Cikopo, West Java. The
defendant should be removed from the prison to join the rehab center.”
The court ordered that Roger’s crashed Mercedes Benz would be
released from a police impound and returned to him. After hearing the
verdict, Roger apologized to his parents and expressed his gratitude
over the ruling.
“In the defense trial, I did ask for rehab. Thank you to the panel of
judges who decided that I should be sent to a rehabilitation facility,”
Roger said.
Roger’s lawyer, Jufry Maykel Manus, expressed hope that his client would be released from prison as soon as possible.
“There’s no longer any reason for Roger to stay in jail,” he said as quoted by news portal Detik.com.
Prosecutor Clara Hutabarat said she would take time before
deciding whether to file an appeal. Prosecutors had demanded a full
18-month jail term for the actor.
Roger was seen driving erratically on Feb. 17, swerving down Jalan
Kayu Putih Tengah in East Jakarta before suddenly coming to a stop in
the street. When witnesses approached the vehicle, they found him passed
out in the driver’s seat of the luxury car, a heroin needle still stuck
in his arm.
He was arrested for possession of heroin, marijuana and eventually
underwent a medical test at the East Jakarta Drug Dependency Hospital
(RSKO). The drug tests determined that Roger was a heavy user of opiates
and was suffering from a damaged liver.
By Jakarta Globe on 09:14 pm Jul 02, 2014
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