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