FPI apologizes for 'kidnapping' chief<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Islam Defenders' Front (FPI) said they were sorry
\nfor \"kidnapping\" chief Habib Rizieq Shihab from the Jakarta
\nProsecutor's Office on Monday, saying it was not planned
\nbeforehand and was done without the knowledge of his legal team.<\/p>\n
FPI secretary-general Ahmad Shabri Lubis in his letter to the
\nAttorney General on Tuesday said the incident was spontaneous and
\na reflection of the FPI supporters' disappointment with the
\npolice force whom he said had framed Rizieq.<\/p>\n
In the letter, received by the Attorney General's Office on
\nWednesday, Lubis also asked the prosecutors to consider Rizieq's
\nrequest to release him from detention, according to the office's
\nspokesman Antasari Azhar.<\/p>\n
Rizieq, who is being held at the Salemba detention center in
\nCentral Jakarta, is a suspect in a string of FPI attacks on
\nentertainment spots and faces a maximum sentence of seven years
\nin jail.<\/p>\n
Head of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Muljohardjo, told The
\nJakarta Post on Wednesday that the prosecutors would not process
\nthe request and instead would soon submit the case to court.<\/p>\n
\"The case would be delegated tomorrow (Thursday) to the
\nCentral Jakarta Prosecutor's Office who will later submit it to
\nthe Central Jakarta District Court,\" he added.-- JP<\/p>",
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