Jailed priest allowed to go to Jakarta

Jailed priest allowed to go to Jakarta

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Rinaldy Damanik, a clergyman jailed
three years for possessing illegal firearms, has reportedly been
flown to Jakarta to get medical care.

Damanik, who heads the Christian Church's Crisis Center, left
Palu on Tuesday after Muslim cleric Idrus Alhabsyi contacted
local authorities, after visiting the ailing prisoner.

Earlier, the priest had been barred from receiving medical
treatment in Jakarta for his kidney disease.

Alhabsyi had strongly urged Central Sulawesi Police to arrest
Damanik after officers suspected the Christian leader of carrying
arms in the restive Poso regency. -- JP