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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 15:05
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HABIB RIZIEQ SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS
Jakarta, Oct. 30 (ANTARA) - Habib Rizieq, Islam Defenders' Front (FPI) leader, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a Jakarta court here on Thursday for his role in the Monas incident last June 1.
"The defendant has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act by calling for violence against others and goods," Presiding Judge Panusunan Harahap said at a Central Jakarta District Court session here on Thursday.
The verdict was 6 months less than what had been demanded recently by the prosecution, namely two years in jail.
The FPI chief was charged with mobilizing a mob and letting them commit acts of violence which was a violation of Article 176 of the Penal Code (KUHP) on mass assault.
The judge said that Rizieq as an Islamic teacher should have prevented his followers from staging a rally. The judge held Rizieq responsible for letting the rally take place and its participants resort to violence.
The defendant had been jailed once before and caused the public to feel restless, according to the judge.
Habib Rizieq and a number of FPI members were named suspects and arrested by the Jakarta Police last June 2008 for an incident at the National Monument (Monas) in central Jakarta.
FPI members attacked activists of the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB), a supporter of Ahmadiyah which Muslims consider to be a deviant sect.
Habib Rizieq Shihab earlier denied the allegation as he was not at the scene of the incident when the violence happened.
He said he would file an appeal to a higher court.
"The defendant has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act by calling for violence against others and goods," Presiding Judge Panusunan Harahap said at a Central Jakarta District Court session here on Thursday.
The verdict was 6 months less than what had been demanded recently by the prosecution, namely two years in jail.
The FPI chief was charged with mobilizing a mob and letting them commit acts of violence which was a violation of Article 176 of the Penal Code (KUHP) on mass assault.
The judge said that Rizieq as an Islamic teacher should have prevented his followers from staging a rally. The judge held Rizieq responsible for letting the rally take place and its participants resort to violence.
The defendant had been jailed once before and caused the public to feel restless, according to the judge.
Habib Rizieq and a number of FPI members were named suspects and arrested by the Jakarta Police last June 2008 for an incident at the National Monument (Monas) in central Jakarta.
FPI members attacked activists of the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith (AKKBB), a supporter of Ahmadiyah which Muslims consider to be a deviant sect.
Habib Rizieq Shihab earlier denied the allegation as he was not at the scene of the incident when the violence happened.
He said he would file an appeal to a higher court.
