Cops tried for killing student

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Prosecutors in the military tribunal demanded yesterday that two police sergeants be sentenced to a total of seven years for assaulting a student to death in April.

Prosecutor Lt. Col. C.A. Bustary demanded that Second Sergeant HF and First Sergeant CK be jailed for four and three years respectively for assaulting Jerry Manafe.

Bustary said the officers fatally beat Jerry after taking him from hospital where he was being treated for injuries he sustained in a street fight with Sergeant Rafael Mige Raya.

Rafael has been sentenced to four years in jail and fired from the service. Ten more police officers will be tried for the same case, Antara reported. (pan)