Poso plotters' appeal rejected

Poso plotters' appeal rejected

PALU, Central Sulawesi: South Sulawesi Provincial Court
rejected on Saturday appeals for lighter sentences for Fabianus
Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva who have all been
sentenced to death by a lower court for their involvement in the
Poso riot.

The head of the court, Judge Munziri Syarkawi, said a panel of
judges supported the sentence handed to the three people.

The three accused were sentenced to death on April 8 after
having been found guilty of plotting the riots that erupted from
May 23 to late June last year.

The clashes claimed the lives of up to 200 people and left
hundreds of other people homeless. (24)