Prosecutor denies new evidence in Antasari case review

South Jakarta Prosecutors office chief Masyhudi says no new evidence has been presented in the Antasari case review that could prove the previous trial’s panel of judges were mistaken in their verdict.
“Most of the evidence was presented in the initial trial, so basically there was no new evidence that could find the previous sentence was incorrect,” Masyhudi said Friday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Under the Indonesian legal system, the case review is the last resort for Antasari, which means if this fails the defendant can only hope for the President’s to show leniency to get absolution.
In order to request the cace review, a defendant must either posses new evidence that can find that a previous sentence was wrong or have sufficient arguments and evidences that shows that the previous panel of judges made serious violations.
Antasari Azhar’s lawyer presented several experts in ballistics, forensics as well as Andi Syamsuddin, the brother of Nasruddin Zulkarnain, who was allegedly murder victim of this case. During the trial, these experts told the court that they had found several oddities when examining the case.
Forensic scientist Munim Idris, for example, had told the court that he was once approached by some police investigators to wipe out the statement that there was a nine millimeter wound located on the victim’s forehead from the visum et repertum report.
Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar had been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was proven guilty of suggesting the murder of PT Rajawali Putra Banjaran’s director Nasrudin Zulkarnain last year.