Cops tried for killing student

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)