Free political prisoners: Dita

Sat, 18 Jul 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

TANGERANG, West Java: Jailed labor activist Dita Indahsari
urged the Habibie administration yesterday to free all political
prisoners without exception.

She claimed to have heard that more political detainees would
be released but said the government had yet to demonstrate its
commitment to doing so.

Dita is currently serving a five year sentence in Tangerang
prison for women. She was jailed by Surabaya district court in
1996 after being found guilty of subversion.

She said that if freed, she would remain faithful to the
Democratic People's Party (PRD), which was banned by president
Soeharto. Its key leaders have all been jailed.

She said she believed the economic crisis would continue until
Indonesia had a democratically elected government. The incumbent
Habibie, she said, was not credible to Indonesians or the
international community because he was appointed by his
predecessor. (41)

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