GAM negotiators get sentence cut
GAM negotiators get sentence cut
BANDUNG: Three former negotiators for the Free Aceh Movement
(GAM) rebel group were among 41,907 inmates who had their prison
terms reduced to mark the Idul Fitri holiday.
The government cut on Monday the prison terms of Tengku
Kamaruzzaman bin Tengku Syahbuddin, Amni bin Ahmad Marzuki and
Tengku Muhammad Usman bin Usman between 15 days and one month,
along with 14 other GAM members now jailed in Sukamiskin
penitentiary here.
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin announced
the remission awarded to inmates across the country in a ceremony
at Cipinang penitentiary in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono also attended the event.
Of the inmates who received reductions, 1,691 of them were
immediately back into society. -- Antara
BANDUNG: Three former negotiators for the Free Aceh Movement
(GAM) rebel group were among 41,907 inmates who had their prison
terms reduced to mark the Idul Fitri holiday.
The government cut on Monday the prison terms of Tengku
Kamaruzzaman bin Tengku Syahbuddin, Amni bin Ahmad Marzuki and
Tengku Muhammad Usman bin Usman between 15 days and one month,
along with 14 other GAM members now jailed in Sukamiskin
penitentiary here.
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin announced
the remission awarded to inmates across the country in a ceremony
at Cipinang penitentiary in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono also attended the event.
Of the inmates who received reductions, 1,691 of them were
immediately back into society. -- Antara