Man gets 8 months for molestation

Man gets 8 months for molestation

JAKARTA (JP): Defendant Nasir Salim, 49, flashed a small smile
on Tuesday after the judge presiding over his case at the Central
Jakarta District Court sentenced him to eight months in prison
for physically abusing a prospective foreign worker.

"The (four months) the defendant spent at Salemba penitentiary
is automatically subtracted from the sentence," presiding judge
Hoepojo told the court.

The defendant, he said, was guilty of violating Article 351 of
the Criminal Code on physical abuse, which carries a maximum
sentence of two years and eight months in prison.

The sentence was lighter than the one-year jail term demanded
by prosecutor Abdul Kadir Latief.

The prosecutor earlier charged Nasir with physically abusing
Iis binti Kanda and sexually molesting another woman, Yayan
Yulianti, on March 11 this year. The incidents took place on Jl.
Percetakan Negara X at a two-story all-female dormitory used to
house women before they are sent to work abroad.

But the court found Nasir not guilty of the sexual molestation
charge due to a lack of witnesses and evidence.

According to Abdul, Nasir, who was drunk at the time the
incidents occurred, forced Yayan to give him a massage at 10:30
p.m., during which he fondled her breasts, buttocks, thighs and
genitalia.

"Later that night, as witnessed by several people, he banged
Iis' head at least twice against the floor, until she was
bleeding from her head," the prosecutor said.

The dormitory is owned by PT Dian Karya Trampil, a labor
export firm run by the defendant's younger sister, Fathia Salim,
alias Patya.

Both Iis and Yayan are currently working in Saudi Arabia.
(ylt)