Seven Kontras attackers jailed

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced seven defendants on Tuesday to two months and 15 days each for the March attack on the offices of the Commission for Mission Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

The verdict was delivered by presiding judge Silvester Djuma about an hour after prosecutor Ramdhanu presented the sentence recommendation. The sentence was equal to the recommendation.

The defendants will be released within 10 days, as they have already been detained for two months five days in Salemba Penitentiary, following the attack on March 13.

The attack occurred after a rally held by 300 people in front of the office, accused the nongovernmental organization of being discriminatory toward their relatives, who were members of military-backed vigilante squads. --JP