13 convicted for roles in riots

13 convicted for roles in riots

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara (JP): A court here sentenced 13
people to between one and four months in jail for involvement in
last month's riots on Lombok island.

After a five-hour trial here on Saturday all were convicted to
a month in jail for looting during the riots. They were found to
be in violation of Article 363 of the Criminal Code on violent
robbery.

Two received additional three-month sentences due to their
prior criminal records.

Antara reported that the prosecutors had demanded a two to
three month jail sentence for each defendant.

Another defendant is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.

One of the presiding judges, Mariyun, said that while the 13
convicted were clearly guilty of looting, their actions were
purely spontaneous and not premeditated.

They thus cannot be regarded as provocateurs of the three days
of rioting, he said. (04)