Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 5 Part 7 "Het pleidooi van de prinses"

"So cry no more, oh my beloved
Go ahead, be proud and fight it out
You are the one, our rising star
You guide us far to home yet girt"
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Call of Silence by Gemie

POV Ilhan

Recession is over then the trial continues. The next witnesses who were questioned were mevrouw Sofia's friends from among the royals who were in the same department with her, then Muhamed, Ilya and Wisnu Wijaya, her butler. The contents of the question were only about her daily lives to dig deeper into whether there was any discrepancy regarding her attitude or nature and what she was doing to match the information she and the previous witnesses had provided.

So far, the questions given by Ludwig are not endangering us, well since the questioning were about to match the information which would later be used to incriminate or alleviate decisions regarding either Karim is guilty or not, so I don't think I need to ask for their testimonies because this feels more like a drama to me in order to stall the time.

After the stupid silly drama, we finally arrived at the last important witness. A technology expert in the field of electronic media and communication, Dr. Hein van Imhoff. He was called by Ludwig, sworn and then questioned.

"Dr. Hein van Imhoff, you are an expert in the field of electronic and mass communication and information, working as a dean at Sucilangkung Universiteit, faculty of communication and information science and working in the ministry of research and technology served as chairman of research in the field of digital technology right?"

"Yes, that is correct."

"Are you the person requested by the police to investigate the authenticity of this video?"

"True, I was asked by the police to do that."

"Based on the results of your investigation regarding the authenticity of these videos which the defendant Karim and mevrouw Sofia seems to be the ones who acted in this video, what conclusions did you get?"

"My findings show that the video is original based on the notes I made, complete with the inspection methods that I've done."

"Did you bring a copy of your examination records?"

"Ya."

"Can I share it with the judges and the legal counsel team?" he asked for a copy of the results of the examination performed by Dr. Imhoff.

Yup, I already expected this. This court session is already rigged because Ludwig brought a witness who could use a method that he could choose so that he can come to the conclusion that the video was authentic.

"Honorable judges, legal advisers and ladies and gentlemen who are present at the hearing. Based on the evidences that are presented from the witnesses that we have all heard their testimonies, the evidences is more likely leaning to the conclusion that the defendant Karim have committed immoral acts against mevrouw Sofia who was engaged, trying to snatched her from mr. Vinno which technically their engagement was still ongoing because the termination of their engagement was also carried out unilaterally without the agreement and the knowledge of the royal family which of course violated the norms that are applied in the aristocracy now Dr. Imhoff there is another question that I want to ask." he walked to his desk to get a device and then picked it up.

"This is a device owned by mr. Karim. In this device investigators found that mr. Karim has an immoral video of mevrouw Sofia with mr. Vinno which he later distributed via social media but to ascertain whether it was true that mr. Karim was distributing it, Dr. Imhoff gave his assistance in order to check whether the video is distributed from mr. Karim's device or not and now Dr. Imhoff, what findings did you get from your examination of mr. Karim's device?"