Six students undergo trial for killing<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta District
\nCourt yesterday to sentence six junior high school students to
\nbetween two and a half years and four and a half years in jail
\nfor killing a senior high school student.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor M. Roskanedi said the defendants, between the ages
\nof 15 and 18 years old, identified as Andi Burhanuddin alias
\nBoang, Cipta Wahyudi, Gidion Oktavianus Silitonga, Novaya Zemlya
\nValentino, Alvin Libert Ariganda Siagian and Taufik Hidayat, were
\nguilty of killing Sawaludin last July.<\/p>\n
Roskanedi asked the court at the end of the prosecution's
\npresentation to give Andi the heaviest sentence of four and a
\nhalf years in jail for stabbing the victim with a samurai sword
\nand three and a half years each for Cipta, Gidion and Novaya for
\nbeating the victim with clubs and a shovel.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor also asked the court to sentence Alvin and
\nTaufik to two and a half years each for throwing bricks at the
\nvictim.<\/p>\n
He said the defendants, along with some of their classmates,
\nwere on the way home in a truck after attending a farewell party
\nat a private junior high school on Jl. Prapatan in Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Sawaludin and his friends started throwing stones at the
\ndefendants' group on the truck without any clear reason, said the
\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
When the truck stopped at a nearby traffic light, the students
\ngot down and chased away their attackers, he said.<\/p>\n
The victim's friends managed to escape but Sawaludin was
\ncaught and killed by the junior high school students, he said.<\/p>\n
Roskanedi said the defendants violated Article 170 of the
\nCriminal Code.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Abas Sumantri adjourned the trial for two
\nweeks before hearing statements from the defendant's lawyer,
\nGelora Tarigan.<\/p>\n
Gelora said that the prosecutor's sentencing request was too
\nsevere.<\/p>\n
\"The brawl occurred spontaneously and the students were
\nattacked first by the victim and his friends,\" he said. (jun)<\/p>",
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