The Jakarta Post, December 23, 2003
Maluku separatist sent to jail
AMBON, Maluku: Maluku Police arrested local separatist leader Samuel Waeleruny
on Monday and sent him to Jakarta to serve his three-year jail term.
"Based on a request from the Maluku Prosecutor's Office, we went to his (Samuel's)
house this morning and ordered him to serve his prison term in Jakarta," Maluku
Police detectives' chief Sr. Comr. Usman Nasution said.
Police said the arrest was made after the convicted leader of the separatist Maluku
Sovereignty Front (FKM) defied two summonses from prosecutors.
"We had summoned him twice, but he refused to respond. Therefore, we sent the
police to his house in Pulo Gangsa, Batumerah, in the Sirimau area, and placed him
under detention before we transport him to Jakarta," Maluku Prosecutor's Office head
Masri Djanin said.
Samuel, better known as Semmy, was sentenced to three years in prison by the
North Jakarta District Court along with top FKM leader Alex Manuputty for plotting
rebellion.
The sentence was upheld by the Jakarta high court. The Supreme Court later rejected
the appeals filed by the two.
However, the courts did not order them to serve their prison terms immediately, which
Alex availed of to travel to the United States. --JP
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