Council speaker named a suspect

Council speaker named a suspect

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Banyumas Council Speaker Tri Waluyo
has been named a suspect in an alleged attempt to foil a disputed
land execution and an assault on the execution official.

Banyumas Police Chief Lt. Col. Imam Basuki said investigators
had obtained sufficient evidence to name Tri as a suspect in the
case.

He said that the speaker could be sentenced to between three
and five years jail.

The case centers around local prosecutors' plan to seize a
disputed plot of land on Jl. A. Yani on May 22. Tri was reported
to have abetted the attack on the official who tried to seize the
land.

Tri, who is head of the Banyumas chapter of the Indonesian
Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan), has denied the
allegations saying that his presence at the site was requested by
the people residing on the land. (45/bby)