Suspected killer of Marsinah faces 20 years<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Government prosecutors are demanding 20 years
\nimprisonment for the businessman who they believe masterminded
\nthe murder of labor activist Marsinah in May of last year.<\/p>\n
Lawyers defending Yudi Susanto however say they plan to
\ncontest the accusation and will seek no less than an acquittal
\nbecause their client is innocent.<\/p>\n
The prosecutors on Thursday urged the Surabaya District Court
\nto find Yudi guilty of conspiring to murder Marsinah, an employee
\nof Citra Putra Surya, a watchmaking company owned by Yudi.<\/p>\n
The victim had led a workers strike at the plant days before
\nshe was found brutally murdered on May 9, 1993.<\/p>\n
They said that Yudi planned the murder in collaboration with a
\nnumber of other company executives and staff.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Trimoelya D. Soerjadi told The Jakarta Post on Friday
\nthat all the accusations against his client were baseless.<\/p>\n
The prosecution's evidence is flimsy, according to Trimoelya.
\nHe stressed that his client has been made a scapegoat for a
\nmurder committed by somebody else.<\/p>\n
Six other people have been convicted for their involvement in
\nthe murder. One woman, the personnel manager, got seven months.
\nTwo others got 12 years and the other three got 13 years
\nimprisonment each.<\/p>\n
Prosecutions have also demanded 15 years imprisonment for both
\nof the other two defendants. (rms)<\/p>",
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