Six-year term sought for sake

Six-year term sought for sake

MALIANA, East Timor: Prosecutors are demanding a six-year sentence for Zakarias Sake, a 30-year old prison employee for alleged blasphemy.

Sake is the second man to be tried in the Maliana District Court in a case which had sparked the September violent rioting in the predominantly Roman Catholic region.

Sanusi Abubakar, another prison employee, was sentenced in November to four year and 10 months of prison after he was found guilty of making blasphemous remarks about Catholicism.

The prosecutors in the case are I Wayan Dana Arianta and Urip Trigunawan. The presiding judge is Takarias, leading a panel of judges consisting of Willy P, Ceken and A.N. Simanjuntak.

After an orderly one-hour session on Friday, the court was adjourned and will resume today, Antara reported. (swe)