Police name 12 IAIN students as suspects

Police name 12 IAIN students as suspects

BANDUNG, West Java: Bandung Police named on Monday 12 students at
state Sunan Gunung Djati Islamic Institute (IAIN Sunan Gunung
Djati) as suspects in the death of student Imam Nawawi, during an
extracurricular activity at the institute on Friday.

Eight students were named suspects after they were accused of
beating Imam, and the remaining four, who were committee members
in the Basic Training for Nature Lovers in the institute, were
also named suspects for negligence that led to Imam's death.

Bandung Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Slamet Uliandi
said that the case was the second in Bandung in the last three
years.

In August 2001, Hendrik Tano Senjaya, a student at Parahyangan
Catholic University also died after attending a basic training
held by the Student Regiment (Menwa) at the university.

Imam died after he joined a 40-kilometer march from Situ
Lembang in north Bandung to the Sunan Gunung Djati Islamic
Institute campus in East Bandung.

The eight suspects were charged under Article 170 of the
Criminal Code for causing death, which carries a maximum sentence
of 12 years in prison. Four others were charged with negligence
resulting in death, under Article 359 of the Criminal Code that
carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. -- JP