Man gets 6 months for illicit sex

Man gets 6 months for illicit sex

JAKARTA (JP): The panel of judges at the North Jakarta District Court sentenced, on Tuesday, businessman William Suhanda, 38, to six-month imprisonment for fathering the child of a married woman, Mrs. Levi Santosa, Antara reported.

The panel of judges, led by Judge Sumaryono, said in the verdict that material evidence shows that the defendant had an affair with Mrs. Santosa in the period between September, 1993, and January, 1994, which caused her to become pregnant and deliver a baby in July, last year.

According to the verdict, because both sides are already married to other people, Mrs. Santosa demanded the defendant give her a house and provide child support, needed to raise the child.

However, instead of fulfilling the demand, the defendant threatened Mrs. Santosa not to force him to be responsible for the sex scandal and not to file a lawsuit against him.

The defendant has decided to appeal. Public prosecutor Yuswa Kusumah, who demanded an eight-month jail term, accepted the decision. (hhr)