Eight months sought for soldier

Eight months sought for soldier

YOGYAKARTA: Military prosecutor Capt. Agus Hari Suprapto
demanded on Wednesday that the Yogyakarta Military Tribunal
sentence police First Brig. Hendro Purnomo to eight months in
jail for shooting a student when attempting to disperse a student
brawl last year.

In his indictment Agus told the trial, presided by Col. Anas
Chaniago that police Mobile Brigade member Purnomo was guilty of
negligence in performing his duties.

"An eight-month jail term, minus the period of his arrest, is
reasonable punishment for him," prosecutor Agus said, adding that
the defendant had violated Article 360 of the Criminal Code on
causing bodily harm due to negligence.

The defendant had been in military police custody for seven
months and 15 days.

Hendro was one of the police officers deployed to quell a
school brawl on Sept. 27. Hendro allegedly opened fire to
disperse students from Yogyakarta's Muhammadiyah I senior high
school.

One of the students was shot in the waist, the prosecutor
said.

"Kahfi Hasran survived after a rubber bullet was taken out of
his body. The rubber bullet was confirmed as coming from Hendro's
rifle."

The trial was adjourned until next month when judges will read
the verdict.(44)