Navy MPs decline joint murder trial<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Navy Military Police declined a request for a
\njoint trial by lawyers for Gunawan Santosa, who faces trial for
\nthe murder of PT Aneka Sarana Bakti (Asaba) director Boedyharto
\nAngsono.<\/p>\n
\"Why should there be a joint trial ... it would take a long
\ntime to start the trial,\" Navy Military Police chief Brig. Gen.
\nSoenarko GA said on Friday.<\/p>\n
He said a joint trial would have to be approved by both the
\nminister of justice and human rights and the Indonesian Military
\nchief. A joint investigation is also required before a joint
\ntrial, Soenarko added.<\/p>\n
The lawyers made the request during a hearing at the North
\nJakarta District Court on Wednesday, arguing that four other
\npeople charged with manslaughter in the case are Navy marines.<\/p>\n
Boedyharto and his bodyguard, Army Special Forces member
\nSecond Sgt. Edi Siyep, were shot and killed in July last year in
\nthe parking lot of the Sasana Krida Sports Stadium in
\nPenjaringan, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We have completed investigation of the four marines ... the
\ncase is ready to be brought to the military court,\" Soenarko said
\nas quoted by Tempointeraktif. -- JP<\/p>",
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