Housewife

A panel of judges prepares to read out a verdict for FT.

FT is a mother.

She was accused of online business fraud amounting to Rp. 2.5 million.

She was accused by an online customer (DW).

She is a wife of a one-star military general.

She was sentenced to 5 months and 7 days in jail.

The court sentenced a new mother to 5 months imprisonment for fraud.

The defendant has just given birth just 4 days prior.

A presiding judge read out the court’s verdict.

She has been declared guilty of fraud.

The fraud is in connection with her business selling clothes online.

I accept he verdict.

The verdict was fair enough – because ..

The defendant would only have to be imprison for another 10 days – as 

She has been detained since May 4 in women’s penitentiary.

The verdict was less than the prosecutor’s demand of 8 months imprisonment.

The prosecutors would wait a week before announcing whether they would file an appeal.

A lawyer previously explained that she sold batik clothes through a facebook account.

She was pregnant with her second child at the time.

DW was one among her customers.

She ordered 10 items of batik clothing worth Rp. 2.5 million.

She paid in advance.




She could not fulfill the order on the designated date.

She gave her a one hour deadline to return her money.

She reported her to the police for fraud.

Not long after receiving the report, the police arrested and detained FT.

The case should have been settled through a mediation mechanism.. as regulated in xxx regulation no..

It regulates …