Ba'asyir gets drug conviction for a day<\/p>\n
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
If it wasn't for the sharp eyes of a clerk at the Jakarta High
\nCourt, cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir might have a new record: a drug
\nconviction.<\/p>\n
"The 'typing error' was corrected on the same day the High
\nCourt received the documents relating to Ba'asyir's appeal,"
\nCentral Jakarta District Court spokesman Andi Samsan Nganro said.<\/p>\n
The lower court sentenced Ba'asyir to four years in jail last
\nTuesday for his involvement in a plot to overthrow the Indonesian
\ngovernment and for an immigration offense.<\/p>\n
Maintaining that he is innocent of the charges, Ba'asyir
\nappealed the verdict last Thursday.<\/p>\n
However, a court clerk entered information on court documents
\nthat stated Ba'asyir had breached drug laws, instead of
\nimmigration laws.<\/p>\n
Copies of the documents were submitted Friday to the High
\nCourt, Salemba Prison where Ba'asyir is being imprisoned and the
\nprosecutor's office.<\/p>\n
One of the two court clerks entrusted to type the document
\nadmitted that he had made corrected copies the same day and
\nresubmitted them to the High Court and the prison, but only gave
\nthe correct one to the prosecutor's office on Monday.<\/p>\n
"We were told to rush ... so, as usual, we just 'copy-paste'
\nanother document and only eliminate the convict's identities and
\nreplace them ...," said Jumari, trying to explain the blunder.<\/p>\n
Andi cut him short. "Alright ... don't go into detail .... We
\nadmit it was our fault and that we didn't double-check the
\ndocument before submitting it."<\/p>",
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