Six months probation in beating case

Six months probation in beating case

BANDUNG: A Bandung court jailed a part-time hospital worker
for three months on Tuesday for assaulting TV7 reporter Fredi
Bangun.

Daddy Samuel Carol, a casual employee at the Hasan Sadikin
Hospital, was sentenced to three months' jail and six months'
probation for assaulting Fredi while he was reporting from the
hospital on July 19 last year with about 20 other journalists.

According to a witness, Iwan Gumelar of Metro TV, the
defendant insisted on the journalists providing written
permission to film in the hospital and became angry when a
cameraman began to film him.

Chief justice Herman Hutapea said that based on witness
testimony and two VCD recordings of the case, Daddy was guilty of
assault.

"If he did not like being filmed, he could have covered the
lens instead of hitting and injuring the reporter," Herman said.

Daddy's lawyer, Deni Rohman, said Daddy was considering
appealing the verdict. "I'm sure my client is innocent," he said.

Fredi said he was satisfied with the court's decision. -- JP