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    "data": {
        "id": 1575380,
        "msgid": "sentenced-to-two-years-imprisonment-delpedro-deeply-disappointed-illogical-1772190276",
        "date": "2026-02-27 17:32:37",
        "title": "Sentenced to Two Years' Imprisonment, Delpedro: Deeply Disappointed, Illogical",
        "author": "Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah and three other defendants facing charges related to instigating the August 2025 demonstrations have rejected the prosecutor's request for two-year prison sentences, which they consider unreasonable. The defendants, represented by Muzaffar Salim, plan to present their defence statements at the next hearing scheduled for 2 March 2026, emphasising that the case ultimately concerns the future of Indonesian youth and civil liberties rather than the accused themselves.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2013 Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, the defendant in an alleged\ncase of inciting demonstrations in August 2025, expressed deep\ndisappointment with the two-year prison sentence sought by the public\nprosecutor against himself and three other defendants.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were brought before the Jakarta Central District Court in\nKemayoran on Friday, 27 February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply disappointed with the two-year sentence, which we\nconsider illogical. However, that is the reality of the process that has\noccurred,\u201d Delpedro told reporters following the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two-year sentence does not deter us, does not frighten us, and\ninstead serves as a test for the judge,\u201d he insisted. \u201cA test for the\npublic and also for our legal system\u2014how it is able to correct the\nprosecution\u2019s flawed reasoning. That is where we await the judge\u2019s\nrole,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During his statement, Delpedro presented a thick blue-covered book\ntitled \u201cOperation to Silence Young People: The Largest since the\nReformation\u201d. The book is a report launched by a fact-finding commission\nand coalition of civil society organisations in 2026. According to\nDelpedro, the report details various incidents of unrest in Indonesia,\nparticularly in Jakarta, involving the participation of military and\npolice personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet to this day, not a single military officer or police member has\nbeen brought to court to answer for their responsibilities,\u201d Delpedro\nstated. \u201cMeanwhile, demonstrators across Indonesia have almost all been\nprosecuted, and today we arrive at a two-year sentence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Co-defendant Muzaffar Salim announced that he and his three\ncolleagues would present their defence statements at the next hearing\nscheduled for Monday, 2 March 2026. The defence statement will emphasise\nthe right to freedom for civil society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecondly, we are prepared to be tried. Two years is not a burden for\nus. What must be stressed is that those on trial are not us\u2014not Syahdan,\nnot Delpedro, not Khariq\u2014but the future of young people themselves,\u201d\nMuzaffar explained.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sentenced-to-two-years-imprisonment-delpedro-deeply-disappointed-illogical-1772190276",
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