RI worker escapes death penalty

RI worker escapes death penalty

JAKARTA: Another Indonesian domestic worker was convicted of
murder in Malaysia, but did not receive a death sentence on
Monday after the Johor Baru High Court imprisoned her for 12
years for killing the son of her employers in 1999.

Judges found that Mariana Mariaji, now 25, who hails from
Gondang village in Tulungagung, East Java, committed the murder
after her employers, the couple of Lee Boon Cheng and Lee Kang
Yeng, abused her. She testified that said she had been raped by
Lee Kang Yeng's brother.

The judges also took into consideration Mariana's remorse in
delivering the verdict.

There are currently 26 Indonesian migrant workers standing
trial in Malaysia for crimes that carry a maximum sentence of
death, the Migrant Care non-governmental organization said. -- JP

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PDI-P legislator rushed to hospital

JAKARTA: Secretary of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI-P) Jacobus Kamarlo Mayongpadang was admitted to
Cikini Hospital in Central Jakarta due to severe dehydration
while on a hunger strike to protest the fuel price hikes.

Fellow PDI-P lawmaker Sudigdo Adi said Jacobus had been
undergoing treatment at the same hospital for chronic gastric
problems before he started the hunger strike a day earlier.

The strike came after the House of Representatives implied its
acceptance of the fuel price increases in its plenary meeting on
Monday, which saw PDI-P and the National Awakening Party (PKB)
factions walk out.

It remains uncertain whether Jacobus will regain his health in
time for the party's congress on Bali, which will open on Monday.
-- Antara