Former soldier gets 15 years<\/p>\n
BOGOR: The Bogor District Court sentenced on Thursday a former
\nArmy soldier to 15 years in prison for the illegal possession of
\nexplosives and torture.<\/p>\n
Joko Supriyatno, alias Heru Prasetyo, 34, a former private in
\nthe Army, was found guilty of illegally keeping two live grenades
\nin his house in Bogor, and of torturing his wife, Suwaryanti, 33.<\/p>\n
Suwaryanti testified that Joko tortured her last February,
\nafter she refused to engage in sexual activities with him that
\nshe regarded as abnormal. She also said her husband kept live
\ngrenades in the house.<\/p>\n
In its decision the panel of judges, presided over by Humala
\nSimatupang, said the defendant planned to explode the grenades
\namong Americans somewhere in Greater Jakarta. The panel also said
\nthe defendant received the grenades from members of the
\nseparatist Free Aceh Movement.<\/p>\n
His sentence was lighter than the 20 years sought by
\nprosecutor Nurhasan Ridwan, who charged the defendant with
\nviolating Article 1, Paragraph 1 of Emergency Law No. 12\/1951,
\nand articles 44, 48 and 49 of the Criminal Code.--JP<\/p>",
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