The Jakarta Post, December 20, 2002
Prosecutors seek five years jail for Maluku separatist leaders
JAKARTA(JP): Prosecutors Thursday sought a five-year prison term for two leaders of
the Maluku Sovereignty Front, AFP reported.
The defendants, Alex Manuputty and Samuel "Sammy" Waileruny, were charged with
subversion for setting up an illegal organisation and raising the banned flag of the
Republic of South Maluku.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Both men carried out "an act of subversion with the intention of dividing the Unitary
State of the Republic of Indonesia," chief prosecutor HermanKudubun told the North
Jakarta district court.
Judges are not required to follow the sentence recommendation when they issue their
verdict in the case, which was adjourned until December 23.
Independence supporters declared a republic in the Malukus in 1950 and staged a
revolt against newly-independent Indonesia.
The rebellion was suppressed but activists, mainly in the Netherlands, launched a
failed campaign for international recognition.
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