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        "msgid": "three-charged-with-subversion-for-rioting-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-08-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Three charged with subversion for rioting",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Three charged with subversion for rioting JAKARTA (JP): A trial began yesterday for three people suspected of being involved in a bloody riot in the West Java town of Tasikmalaya in December last year. The three were charged with subversion which carries a maximum penalty of death. The suspects were Abdul Muis, 25, Asep Ilyas, 23, and Agustiana, 32. There is another suspect, youth activist Mimih Haeruman, 25, who is still at large. He is being tried in his absence.",
        "content": "<p>Three charged with subversion for rioting<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): A trial began yesterday for three people<br>\nsuspected of being involved in a bloody riot in the West Java<br>\ntown of Tasikmalaya in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The three were charged with subversion which carries a maximum<br>\npenalty of death. The suspects were Abdul Muis, 25, Asep Ilyas,<br>\n23, and Agustiana, 32. There is another suspect, youth activist<br>\nMimih Haeruman, 25, who is still at large. He is being tried in<br>\nhis absence.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution team told the Tasikmalaya District Court that<br>\nthe three had undermined the state and sought to create division<br>\namong people.<\/p>\n<p>The riot caused the state about Rp 85 billion (US$29 million)<br>\nin financial losses, according to one of the prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were charged under the 1963 Law on Subversion.<\/p>\n<p>The riot erupted on Dec. 26 last year, leaving four people<br>\ndead and dozens of buildings damaged.<\/p>\n<p>An angry mob went on a rampage through the city, setting fire<br>\nto shops, buildings and churches. The violence was apparently<br>\nsparked by a report of police brutalizing a local preacher and<br>\ntwo of his students.<\/p>\n<p>Four police officers involved in the abuse were dishonorably<br>\ndischarged in January.<\/p>\n<p>Antara reported that prosecutor Tubagus Hanafi accused Asep as<br>\nthe mastermind of the riot.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Judge Zaharuddin Yusuf, Asep said he did not<br>\nunderstand the charge.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants' lawyer, Adnan Buyung Nasution, asked the court<br>\nto give him two weeks time to explain to Asep about the charges<br>\nbeing leveled at him. Zaharuddin Yusuf granted him five days.<\/p>\n<p>According to Antara, during a break in the court hearing,<br>\nBuyung told reporters that he regretted the use of the subversion<br>\nlaw on his clients.<\/p>\n<p>He said the prosecution contrived to use the subversion law on<br>\nthe defendants. \"I am angry (because the prosecution) used the<br>\nsubversion law to charge them,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The session, which lasted six hours, was tightly guarded by<br>\nsecurity officers.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all members of the local council of government<br>\nofficials, including the Tasikmalaya regent, Suljana W.H.,<br>\nattended the session. (05)<\/p>",
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