Light sentence sought for policeman
JAKARTA: A military prosecutor on Friday demanded only 11 months in prison for First Brig. Pambudi, a member of the West Jakarta Police department whose stray bullet killed a civilian in 2001.
The prosecutor, Maj. Sigit Prasodjo, told a hearing in the city's military court that the defendant, who is a member of the police Mobile Brigade, must be jailed for negligence of his duty, which claimed the life of Yudianto on Feb. 28, 2001.
Yudianto's mother Mariana, who attended the trial, fainted in the courtroom shortly after hearing the lenient sentence demand.
The lawyers representing Yudianto's family from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) strongly protested the light sentence sought by the military prosecutor.
"It (the demand) is far from anything resembling justice," the LBH said in a press statement.
It said the light sentence demand shows the security authorities were not serious in enforcing the law against their members who violated the law.
The lawyers urged the Military Court to hand a heavier sentence for the defendant. --JP ;JP;MULTA FIDRUS; ANPAj..r.. Focus-jobless-husband-suicide Jobless husband hangs himself JP/8/GREAT
Jobless husband hangs himself
TANGERANG: Natalia, 31, a resident from Poris Indah housing complex, Cipondoh district, Tangerang municipality, screamed hysterically when she got home from work at 5 p.m. on Thursday, as she found her husband Andre, 37, hanging from the kitchen door frame.
Her scream summoned several neighbors who went over and helped take down the body of Andre, who had apparently hanged himself with a length of plastic rope.
Natalia said that her husband had not complained about anything in particular, but she was aware that since he quit from his workplace recently, her husband had been reluctant to talk and had been silent most of the time.
Late on Thursday evening, Feriandi, 35, a resident from Kerocong Permai housing development, Jatiuwung, died when his head was crushed at Jl. Daan Mogot kilometer 24, Batu Ceper district.
Slamet, an eyewitness, said that the victim was riding his Honda motorbike at high speed and was trying to overtake a container truck heading from Jakarta to Tangerang.
"But his motorcycle bumped into the truck, he lost control and fell, and the truck's rear tires ran over his head," said the cigarette kiosk owner.
The victim died instantly, while the truck driver escaped. Tangerang Traffic Police deputy chief Titik Setiowaty said that as of Friday afternoon, the police could not identify the driver, who was still at large.--JP