One year sought for ex-officer

One year sought for ex-officer

JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor at the South Jakarta district court
is seeking a one year sentence for a retired army colonel being
tried on charges of possessing firearms without a permit.

The 64-year-old Lt. Col. (ret.) Akkas Alimuddin has been
charged with illegal possession of two FN-36 pistols of 9
millimeter caliber, five boxes of ammunition and another 30
bullets.

Prosecutor Eko Siwi Sriyani said Monday that when Alimuddin
retired from the Armed Forces in 1987 he failed to return the
arms as required by law.

Sriyani insisted that there is strong evidence that the
accused wanted the firearms for his personal use.

"I demand that the judge sentence the defendant to one year
imprisonment because he has violated Article 1 of Emergency Law
No. 12," she said. (29)