Tom Lembong has hit a sudden inspection in the Detention Center, Advocate: He needs an iPad to prepare a defense

Jakarta – Tom Lembong’s lawyer, Ari Yusuf Amir, responded to the submission of a permit for the seizure of iPad and Tom Lembong’s laptop by the Public Prosecutor (JPU). Ari said if the iPad is used by Tom Lembong to prepare a defense of the case that plagued him. “We did not get the information (seizure). But at this time, Mr. Tom, who again prepared a defense for the case, certainly needed an iPad to do so,” Ari said when he was contacted on Thursday (5/20/2025). According to Ari, there is no problem if Tom Lembong has an iPad or laptop in the detention center. Because, he said, Tom Lembong must also prepare a defense. Browse to continue with the content “must get permission to define the legal case, so that the legal rights are protected,” Ari said. “But in our opinion it should be allowed, the same as the use of stationery, pen and paper,” he added. The Public Prosecutor (Prosecutor) previously filed a confiscation permit against two items belonging to the former Minister of Trade (Mendag) 2015-2016 Thomas Trikasih Lembong or Tom Lembong. The prosecutor said the seizure request was carried out because the article was found at the Salemba Attendance Center during the inspection. It was transferred in a trial of alleged corruption in the import of sugar with the defendant Tom Lembong at Central Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday (5/22). The prosecutor asked permission to confiscate an iPad unit and a Tom Lembong laptop unit. “This time, the public prosecutor wants to apply for a seizure permit in the prosecution stage to his majesty, the panel of judges, against 1 unit of the Apple tablet Computer iPad Pro Silver Color Type and 1 unit of the Silver Apple Brand laptop owned by defendant Thomas Trikasih Lembong, his Majesty said. The prosecutor said the seizure was proposed because the items were found in the Tom Lembong Chamber during inspection in the Salemba Revention Center in the South Jakarta District Attorney. “We have to transfer his majesty on Monday, if I’m not wrong, it was conducted at the Salemba Attendance Center in the South Jakarta District Attorney, where in the defendant’s room 2 objects were found, his majesty,” he explained. “We are asking to be confiscated and we suspect that there is a connection with this criminal offense,” the prosecutor added. (AMW/FAS) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here