Probation terms for assaulting minister's son<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court yesterday
\nsentenced the son of the chairman of the powerful Pemuda
\nPancasila youth organization to 10 months' probation.<\/p>\n
Yedidiah S. K. Soeryosoemarno, 16, the son of Yapto
\nSoeryosoemarno, who chairs the pro-government youth organization,
\nwas found guilty of assaulting a son of the Minister of Manpower,
\nAbdul Latief, at the Hard Rock cafe in March last year.<\/p>\n
Judge Tuaradja Siregar also sentenced Gahtan Saleh Hilabi, 16,
\nand Hamad Saleh Hilabi, 17, to 10 months' probation each, for the
\nsame offense.<\/p>\n
The judge warned the youths that they would be imprisoned for
\nsix months if they committed a crime within the next 10 months.<\/p>\n
Previously, prosecutors James Pardede and Suhaimi had asked
\nthe judge to sentence the three to a year's imprisonment, in view
\nof the fact that the minister's son, Achmad Dipoditiro, had been
\nbadly injured in the attack.<\/p>\n
But the judge, in his judgment, supported his decision to
\nimpose lighter penalties with nine reasons.<\/p>\n
\"The defendants are young people who had never been involved
\nin crime before and they come from respectable families,\" the
\njudge said, adding that the three were still studying at high
\nschool.<\/p>\n
The judge also stated that a term of imprisonment would not
\nhave served the cause of justice in this case because the three
\nwould have mixed with other prisoners, including hard-core
\ncriminals, who might have influenced the youths in such a way
\nthat they might subsequently have committed more serious crimes.<\/p>\n
The three defendants and Achmad were involved in a physical
\nclash on the evening of March 21 at the Hard Rock Cafe at the
\nSarinah department store on Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Achmad suffered serious injuries to his nose, eyes and other
\nparts of his face. He was treated at the Metropolitan Medical
\nCenter, a hospital in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Yedi was accompanied by his mother during the reading of the
\nverdict by judge Tuaradja. Several relatives of Gahtan and Hamad
\nwere also present. The three were represented by a lawyer from
\nHotma Sitompul law firm. (mas)<\/p>",
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