Activist's sentence increased

Activist's sentence increased

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta High Court has increased the
sentence of the Democratic People's Party (PRD) secretary general
by another two years and upheld sentences against three other
activists who were all convicted of subversion, a lawyer revealed
yesterday.

Lawyer Paulus R. Mahulette from the Jakarta Legal Aid
Institute said the court increased Petrus Hari Hariyanto's
sentence to eight years, two years more than the original
sentence given by the South Jakarta District Court.

The high court upheld sentences handed down against three
other activists: Ken Budha Kusumandaru (four years), Victor Da
Costa (18 months) and Ign. Putut Arintoko (18 months), he said.

The High Court's public relations officer Reni Retnowati said
Monday the verdicts against the four were handed down last month.

The four activists were sentenced by the South Jakarta
District Court on April 28, after being found guilty of
undermining the state ideology Pancasila and inciting
demonstrations against the government.

The Jakarta High Court made their decision after the four
appealed their case. But there has been no formal announcement
from the court concerning the appeal.

Paulus, a former lawyer of the four activists, said he knew of
the High Court decision after seeing a copy of the verdict at the
South Jakarta District Court. (05)