PDI Perjuangan chief gets 5-month term

PDI Perjuangan chief gets 5-month term

BANDARLAMPUNG: Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) Lampung chapter Anshori Yunus was sentenced on Saturday to a five-month suspended sentence for abusing a worker.

S. Gani Parlaungan, the judge at the Tanjungkarang District Court, said that Anshori was guilty of violating Article 351 of the Criminal Code and would be put in jail if he broke the law again.

Anshori, through his lawyer, said he would appeal to a higher court since the district court ignored the fact that a witness gave false information.

Anshori was put on trial for verbally and physically abusing a construction worker named Subagyo on June 22 by hitting him in the face and cursing him.

Anshori became angry at Subagyo when he continued with the construction of a house on land that Anshori claimed to be his. --Antara