Seven Kontras attackers jailed

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