Istiqlal bomber may face 54 months jail
Istiqlal bomber may face 54 months jail
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor requested the Central Jakarta
District Court sentence defendant Surya Setiawan alias Wawan to
four years and six months in jail on Thursday for his alleged key
role in a bomb explosion on the ground floor of Grand Istiqlal
Mosque in April.
"The defendant is guilty of possessing, carrying and
detonating the bomb," said prosecutor Hasan Madani in a hearing
presided over by Judge Rasjadi Salmun.
Hasan said the 26-year-old defendant had violated Article 1 of
the 1951 Emergency Law, which carries a 20-year jail sentence.
He also said the defendant had persuaded other people to
commit a crime, to bomb the mosque, a violation of Article 55 of
the Criminal Code.
"The defendant bombed, along with his gang, the biggest mosque
in Southeast Asia, which is also a source of Indonesian pride,"
prosecutor Hasan said while reading his indictment.
As a Muslim, the defendant bombed the mosque, instead of
safeguarding it, said the prosecutor.
Last Friday, Judge Endang Sri Sumarsih of the same court
sentenced two defendants to one year and six months in prison
respectively for bombing the Ramayana department store on Jl.
Sabang in Central Jakarta. They were found guilty of instructing
an eight-member gang to bomb the store on Jan. 2 this year.
Prosecutor Hasan said the defendant was ordered to bomb the
mosque by unidentified people in a meeting in a Toyota Kijang van
parked at Gambir Station in Central Jakarta on April 14.
"A man, along with his four gang members, forced the defendant
to do the bombing," Hasan said.
"The man, while holding up pictures of the whole defendant's
family in the car, threatened to kill all his family members if
he refused the order."
He said the defendant later agreed and held a meeting on April
15 in his boardinghouse in the state printing company Peruri
housing complex in Sudimara subdistrict in Tangerang to discuss
the bombing plan.
The meeting was attended by the defendant's friends Suradi,
Atin, Rully, Semi, Jamhuri Litamahuputty and Anton.
At the meeting, the defendant promised his friends a certain
amount of money and offered job opportunities if the plan proved
a success, the prosecutor said.
"The six people agreed to the offer," Hasan said.
The unidentified man handed over a bomb in a movie theater in
Ciledug, South Jakarta, on April 17, two days before the bombing,
he said.
He said Wawan and Rully, another defendant, installed the bomb
on the ground floor of the mosque, while five other people got
into position within the mosque compound.
The bomb exploded right after the two people left the mosque.
The explosion broke windows and severely damaged walls on the
ground floor of the mosque. Five administrative staffers of the
mosque were also injured, he said.
Judge Rasjadi adjourned the trial until next week to hear a
statement from the defense. (asa)
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor requested the Central Jakarta
District Court sentence defendant Surya Setiawan alias Wawan to
four years and six months in jail on Thursday for his alleged key
role in a bomb explosion on the ground floor of Grand Istiqlal
Mosque in April.
"The defendant is guilty of possessing, carrying and
detonating the bomb," said prosecutor Hasan Madani in a hearing
presided over by Judge Rasjadi Salmun.
Hasan said the 26-year-old defendant had violated Article 1 of
the 1951 Emergency Law, which carries a 20-year jail sentence.
He also said the defendant had persuaded other people to
commit a crime, to bomb the mosque, a violation of Article 55 of
the Criminal Code.
"The defendant bombed, along with his gang, the biggest mosque
in Southeast Asia, which is also a source of Indonesian pride,"
prosecutor Hasan said while reading his indictment.
As a Muslim, the defendant bombed the mosque, instead of
safeguarding it, said the prosecutor.
Last Friday, Judge Endang Sri Sumarsih of the same court
sentenced two defendants to one year and six months in prison
respectively for bombing the Ramayana department store on Jl.
Sabang in Central Jakarta. They were found guilty of instructing
an eight-member gang to bomb the store on Jan. 2 this year.
Prosecutor Hasan said the defendant was ordered to bomb the
mosque by unidentified people in a meeting in a Toyota Kijang van
parked at Gambir Station in Central Jakarta on April 14.
"A man, along with his four gang members, forced the defendant
to do the bombing," Hasan said.
"The man, while holding up pictures of the whole defendant's
family in the car, threatened to kill all his family members if
he refused the order."
He said the defendant later agreed and held a meeting on April
15 in his boardinghouse in the state printing company Peruri
housing complex in Sudimara subdistrict in Tangerang to discuss
the bombing plan.
The meeting was attended by the defendant's friends Suradi,
Atin, Rully, Semi, Jamhuri Litamahuputty and Anton.
At the meeting, the defendant promised his friends a certain
amount of money and offered job opportunities if the plan proved
a success, the prosecutor said.
"The six people agreed to the offer," Hasan said.
The unidentified man handed over a bomb in a movie theater in
Ciledug, South Jakarta, on April 17, two days before the bombing,
he said.
He said Wawan and Rully, another defendant, installed the bomb
on the ground floor of the mosque, while five other people got
into position within the mosque compound.
The bomb exploded right after the two people left the mosque.
The explosion broke windows and severely damaged walls on the
ground floor of the mosque. Five administrative staffers of the
mosque were also injured, he said.
Judge Rasjadi adjourned the trial until next week to hear a
statement from the defense. (asa)