Journo's attacker to be punished

Journo's attacker to be punished

DILI, East Java: Prosecution yesterday demanded eight months
imprisonment for Liban Cavin Soares, 15, for allegedly beating
Tiras magazine reporter Gaudensius Mau last year.

Antara reported that prosecutor Eko Purwanto at the Dili
District Court said that Soares had, with the help of other
people, committed the violence. The court session was presided
over by SJ Maramis.

Soares' lawyer Perry Wilson said the punishment was too harsh
for his client who had only "joined in" the violence.

Soares was the last of five defendants in the case; the other
four had been sentenced to 10 months each last month.

The incident happened on the night of Nov. 17 last year when
the three assaulted Gaudensius after mistaking him for a police
informant.

The culprits attacked Gaudensius near the Virgin Mary park
after someone spotted him and shouted "informant", the verdict
said.

The attackers fled after a police patrol passed by. Gaudensius
regained consciousness in hospital a day after the attack. (swe)