Prosecutor demands 11-year sentence for PRD activist<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An eleven-year jail term was sought yesterday
\nfor Democratic People's Party (PRD) activist, Wilson bin
\nNurtiyas, who is accused of undermining the state ideology
\nPancasila.<\/p>\n
State prosecutor Dedi Pridasa told the South Jakarta District
\nCourt yesterday Wilson had been proven guilty of breaching the
\n1963 Subversion Law through his involvement in the party which
\nadopted \"social democratic populism ideology\" rather than state
\nideology Pancasila.<\/p>\n
Dedi said that Wilson, chief of the education, information and
\ninternational relations department of the Indonesian Center for
\nLabor Movement, a PRD affiliate, had undermined the state
\nideology through his activities in the organizations between 1994
\nand 1996.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said the defendant had incited workers to
\nprotest by distributing leaflets, including some demanding that
\nthe daily minimum wage be raised to Rp 7,000 (US$2.84), to revoke
\nthe Armed Forces' sociopolitical role and the political laws.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said Wilson was guilty of taking part in
\nseminars on East Timor abroad, of releasing statements which
\nopposed integration of the territory into Indonesia and of
\nholding a commemoration at University of Indonesia for the Nov.
\n12, 1991, Santa Cruz incident in Dili, East Timor.<\/p>\n
Wilson was also guilty of attending in July 1996 the PRD's
\nestablishment in Jakarta, which was marked by a declaration of
\nits political agenda. The organization had also issued awards for
\nantigovernment figures, including writer Pramudya Ananta Toer,
\nXanana Gusmao, Thomas Wanggai and Sri Bintang Pamungkas, the
\nprosecutor said.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the prosecution sought a nine-year prison sentence
\nfor another PRD member, I Gusti Agung Anom Astika, for the same
\ncharge.<\/p>\n
Other PRD activists were sentenced in April to between 18
\nmonths and 13 years in jail.<\/p>\n
When he was about to read the indictment, Dedi asked Wilson to
\nstand up and then said: \"The prosecution does not wish for
\nrevenge against the defendant, but to educate not only the
\ndefendant but also the public.\"<\/p>\n
After the indictment was read, Wilson embraced his weeping
\nmother and lead her out of the courtroom.<\/p>\n
The trial will resume next Wednesday. (05)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prosecutor-demands-11-year-sentence-for-prd-activist-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }