Hercules may get 5 years in jail

Hercules may get 5 years in jail

JAKARTA: Hercules and six other men -- whose gang attacked the
office of Indo Pos daily on Dec. 20 -- could face a minimum
sentence of five years and five months in prison under Criminal
Code No. 170 Article 1 on public order offenses.

The Jakarta Police have detained the seven since Friday for
the attack as well as for injuring several reporters.

"To date we have detained seven suspects only," Jakarta Police
deputy chief of detectives Adj. Sr. Comr. Chaerul Nur Alamsyah
was quoted by Tempointeraktif as saying on Monday.

Chaerul said Hercules had been cooperative in the
investigation, which would be finished within one month. --JP