Seven years for pouring acid

Prosecutor Endang Sukesi asked the judge of Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday to sentence Cepy, 39, to seven years in prison for pouring acid on his wife's face and body.

The ill-fated woman, Gerry, is the mother of Cepy's two children. She decided to end five years of marriage by leaving her husband due to many personal differences between the two.

She then rented a room in Kawi-kawi Bawah area, Central Jakarta and found herself a new lover whose presence made her turn down Cepy's repeated reconciliation proposals.

Jayakarta daily reported that on May 10, Cepy visited his wife's rented room and once again asked her to return to his house and the children.

The daily said that Gerry refused to go back. She even asked Cepy for a divorce and claimed custody of one of her two children.

Gerry's refusal incited her husband's ire to the point where he then poured the acid on her.(mas)