Brawl highlights a murder trial<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Police have had to divide the South Jakarta District
\nCourt building in two to prevent dozens of friends of murder
\nvictim Basri Sangaji from attacking supporters of the defendants
\nduring a hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tension was also high inside the courtroom where the two
\ngroups sat on opposite sides of the room with a barricade of
\npolice occupying the middle.<\/p>\n
Basri Sangaji, a leader of a certain ethnic youth group in
\nJakarta, was brutally murdered by eight members of a rival group
\nin his room at Hotel Kebayoran, South Jakarta, on Oct. 12, 2004.<\/p>\n
Presided over by judge Efran Basuning, the court heard
\nstatements from Ali Sangaji and Jamal Sangaji, who witnessed the
\nmurder, and one of the hotel's security guards who saw the eight
\ndefendants vandalize Basri's car parked outside.<\/p>\n
The trial was adjourned until next week to hear more
\nwitnesses. -- JP<\/p>",
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