Aldy Frely Tulaseket
Detainees- Gender
- Male
- Age when first arrested
- 24
- Age group when first arrested
- 18-24 (young adult)
- Date of arrest
- May 8, 2025
- Reason of arrest
- Accused of embezzlement
- Arrested by (Institution)
- Police
- Arrested by (Unit)
- Polres Sorong
- Type of violation
- Arbitrary Arrest
- Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
- Article(s) in indictment
- Article 372 Criminal Code
- Article 374 jo. Article 55 (1) jo. Article 64 (1) Criminal Code
- Article(s) in prosecution
- Article 374 jo. Article 55 (1) jo. Article 64 (1) Criminal Code
- Article(s) in verdict
- Article 374 jo. Article 55 (1) jo. Article 64 (1) Criminal Code
- Final sentence
- 1-3 years
- Exact sentence
- 1 year
- Date of sentencing
- Nov 25, 2025
- Place of the first detention
- Polres Sorong
- Concerns reported
- Arbitrary arrest
- Current status
- Released
- Date of release_additional text
- Early 2026
- Sources
- Additional description
Sorong police personnel arrested 11 indigenous people for allegedly selling diesel oil belonging to a palm oil plantation company, PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKSJ), on 8 May 2025. The arrests were protested by local indigenous people who claim to be the holders of customary land used by the company. The company was also considered not open and there was no legal clarity about the losses the company suffered.
On 18 July 2025, the case of the eleven people was registered at the Sorong District Court with the classification of embezzlement case. On 7 October, the Sorong District Court found them guilty and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from six months to one year. The defendants appealed the verdict.
At the court of appeal, on 25 November 2025, the defendant's sentence was changed to 1 year, previously was 9 monts.
- Related detention facility
Latitude: -0.9583263908834153
Longitude: 131.33538757716641
- Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
- Polres Sorong
- Related event
- Conflict between PT IKSJ and Malamoi Indigenous People