Six GAM inmates to be set free

Wed, 10 Aug 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG, Central Java: Six Free Aceh Movement (GAM) convicts
serving time in prisons in Central Java are to be freed after
receiving remissions to mark Independence Day on Aug. 17. The
inmates are part of 224 GAM inmates incarcerated in Central Java
prisons.

The six were originally sentence to less than five years, said
Soetomo Rahardjo, spokesman of Central Java's Justice and Human
Rights Office.

The 224 GAM inmates were transferred from prisons in Aceh
province two years ago, and were serving prison terms of two to
16 years on various charges, including treason. -- Antara

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