Police bomber jailed but not for long<\/p>\n
A man found guilty of bombing National Police Headquarters and
\nlabeled as instigating public unrest, tarnishing the police name,
\nlying to the court and refusing to accept responsibility for his
\nactions was jailed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He will be free in two months.<\/p>\n
The South Jakarta District Court handed down a one-year
\nsentence to Anang Sumpena, the sole defendant of the Feb. 3 blast
\nat Wisma Bhayangkari hall in the police headquarters compound.<\/p>\n
Both the prosecution and defense are considering appeals.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Syamsul Ali said Anang had violated both
\nEmergency Law No. 12\/1951 by possessing explosives, which carries
\nthe death penalty, and Article 187 of Criminal Code on arson.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had demanded a five-year sentence.<\/p>\n
Anang, a former police expert specializing in disarming
\nexplosive devices, told the court Monday that he was made a
\nscapegoat by high-ranking police officers desperate to solve the
\ncase who had earlier offered him incentives to confess to the
\ncrime. Anang was taken into custody last February.<\/p>\n
\"I want to appeal the verdict because I am innocent. But I'm
\nafraid I will get a longer sentence if I file an appeal. I want
\nto think it over,\" Anang told reporters. -- JP<\/p>",
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