Top court keeps rector killer in jail

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: The Supreme Court has upheld a 17-year jail term given to the man convicted of murdering Syah Kuala University rector Dayan Dawood.

An official with the Banda Aceh District Court said on Monday that the jail sentence for Mahyudin alias Raja Preman had been upheld by the Supreme Court on Sept. 22.

The district court found Mahyudin, a native of Aceh Besar, guilty of the murder and of illegal possession of firearms. The Aceh High Court had upheld the verdict.

In its decision, the Supreme Court said that the crime, which took place in 2001, had inflicted a severe loss on the family of the victim and deprived the country of an education expert. -- Antara