Ari to hear sentence demand Dec.3

Ari to hear sentence demand Dec.3

JAKARTA: Ari Haryo Wibowo, alias Ari Sigit, a grandson of
former president Soeharto who is charged with the illegal
possession of 70 bullets, is expected to hear on Dec.3 the nature
of the sentence that state prosecutors wish to see imposed on
him.

Ari is charged with violating Article 1, Paragraph 1 of
Emergency Law No.12/1951 on the illegal ownership of firearms and
ammunition. The article carries a maximum penalty of death.

The police found the bullets in a backpack in his house on Jl.
Yusuf Adiwinata No.6, Menteng, Central Jakarta on Aug. 13 when
they were searching for his fugitive uncle Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala
Putra, who has been named a suspect in the murder of Supreme
Court justice Saifuddin Kartasasmita.

Ari, now under house arrest, was jailed in Salemba
Penitentiary in Central Jakarta from Sept. 21 to Oct. 11. --JP