Two security guards testify in students' trial<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court heard testimony
\nfrom two National University security guards yesterday and each
\nsaid that they did not actually see the 12 university students on
\ntrial in the act of assaulting student regiment members or
\nburning the regiment's post.<\/p>\n
The two security guards testifying at the court session, led
\nby judge Moegihardjo, were Kasmir Halimi and Hendrik Pribadi.<\/p>\n
Kasmir said that on Oct. 18, 1994, he arrived National
\nUniversity's (UNAS) campus at around 8 a.m. At 1:15 p.m. he heard
\na firecracker explode and saw students protesting the regiment's
\npresence on campus.<\/p>\n
He said that the riot involved more than a hundred students.
\nBecause of the crowds he could not see who was responsible for
\nburning the regiment's post, assaulting three regiment members or
\ndestroying the office of deputy rector Bambang Permadi.<\/p>\n
\"But I saw some of the defendants like Yahdi Jamhur, Reza
\nPahlevi Badar, Darmawan and Syech Al Djufri in the crowd,\" Kasmir
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Kasmir, a retired Armed Forces officer and security guard at
\nthe university since May 1993, said that the defendants were just
\nwalking amid the crowds.<\/p>\n
\"After the riot I saw my colleague take one of the regiment
\nmembers, Ali Ariza Haniputra, to the hospital for his wounds,\"
\nKasmir said.<\/p>\n
The second witness, Hendrik Pribadi, said that on Oct. 18,
\n1994, he came to the campus around 8 a.m. because he was assigned
\nto watch over a seminar which was to be opened by the rector.<\/p>\n
\"At 1:15 p.m. I went for my afternoon prayer. On the way to
\nthe mosque I heard on my walkie-talkie that there was a riot at
\nthe student regiment post and by the time I arrived there the
\npost had already been set on fire,\" Hendrik said.<\/p>\n
He also said that he saw many people attacking Ali Ariza
\nbehind the regiment's post.<\/p>\n
However, when the judge asked him to look at the faces of the
\ndefendants and identify those who attacked Ali, Hendrik said that
\nhe had seen some of the defendants but that he did not see them
\nattacking Ali.<\/p>\n
\"Then I quickly helped Ali and took him to Pasar Minggu
\nhospital,\" he said, adding that he came back to the campus soon
\nafterwards.<\/p>\n
\"When I arrived at the campus from the hospital I saw the
\ndeputy rector's office in bad condition. When I went in I found
\nIrvan Alfariza, another regiment member, lying unconscious with
\nblood all over his face,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that he went back to Pasar Minggu hospital, this time
\ncarrying Irvan.<\/p>\n
In yesterday's session, presiding Judge Moegihardjo, examined
\nthe 12 defendants in two separate sessions.<\/p>\n
The defendants are all members of the Association of Nature
\nLovers. They are accused of intentionally assaulting four members
\nof the university's student regiment and of burning the
\nregiment's post on Oct. 18 last year.<\/p>\n
The attack came after regiment members reportedly destroyed
\nthe association's secretariat on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
In the first trial session the judge examined Yahdi Djamhur
\nReza Pahlevi, Darmawan Bahtiar, Rakai Aria Dipa Erlangga,
\nBenedictus Satrio Widyanarto and Budi Murdiyanto. In the second
\nsession he examined Syech Aljufri, Agus Heryana Anirun, Wahyu
\nSugito, Kusnadi Darisan, Sudradjat Trisna and Indra Mulia Ismet
\nKamil.<\/p>\n
The judge then adjourned the trial until March 9. (mas)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-security-guards-testify-in-students-trial-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }