Learning from the Zarima Case

A case in the Mataram Administrative Court could be the key to stopping the sale of a new drug. It resembles the case of Zarima, 17 years ago.

January 7, 2014

When prosecutor Ida Ayu Ketut Yustika Dewi read the charges on November 4, more than ten courtroom visitors at the Mataram Administrative Court, Nusa Tenggara Barat, were stunned. Some looked at one another in astonishment.

They were surprised to hear that Yustika charged the distributor and dealer of methylone, I Wayan Purwa, under the Narcotics Law. This carried a potential prison term of more than thirteen years.

This was the first time in Indo

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