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        "id": 1345594,
        "msgid": "defense-plea-in-theys-trial-rejected-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-01-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Defense plea in Theys trial rejected",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Defense plea in Theys trial rejected SURABAYA, East Java: Military prosecutors rejected on Friday a defense plea by lawyers of seven Army Special Forces (Kopassus) members charged with murdering Papuan separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay. Chief investigator Col. Haryanto said the objections presented by the defendants' lawyers were part of the legal subjects that the judges should examine.",
        "content": "<p>Defense plea in Theys trial rejected<\/p>\n<p>SURABAYA, East Java: Military prosecutors rejected on Friday a<br>\ndefense plea by lawyers of seven Army Special Forces (Kopassus)<br>\nmembers charged with murdering Papuan separatist leader Theys<br>\nHiyo Eluay.<\/p>\n<p>Chief investigator Col. Haryanto said the objections presented<br>\nby the defendants' lawyers were part of the legal subjects that<br>\nthe judges should examine.<\/p>\n<p>\"Therefore, let the judges prove whether Theys was murdered by<br>\nthe suspects or another party,\" he told a hearing at the East<br>\nJava military tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>Haryanto argued that the decrease in number of witnesses to<br>\ntestify in the murder trial was actually normal because it was<br>\nimpossible for the prosecutors to bring in all the witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\"We shall use only key witnesses,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers have said that there were 40 witnesses who would<br>\ntestify for or against the defendants, but the prosecutors will<br>\nonly use 21 of them.<\/p>\n<p>The trial was adjourned until Jan. 24. --JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/defense-plea-in-theys-trial-rejected-1447893297",
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