The Jakarta Post, 6/21/2007 5:55:11 PM
Five Poso defendants face 15 year-jail term each
JAKARTA (Antara): Five defendants of violence in Central Sulawesi's town of Poso
face a 15-year jail term each during a court hearing in South Jakarta district court
Thursday.
During the hearing, prosecutors said the five defendants -- Arnoval Mencana,
Bambang Tontou, Jonathan Tamsur, Dedy Dorus Serpianus Tempali, and Roni
Sepriyanto Rantedago Parusu -- were found guilty for committing various crimes.
They were accused of carrying out terrorism, violence and murder, following the
executions of three catholic militants, who were found guilty for attacking Islamic
boarding school, killing a number of people.
Police had also arrested at least 13 Islamic militants, who were accused of being
involved in various violence in the town.
Religious conflicts in late 1990s up to early 2000s reportedly had killed some 1,000
people from both Muslim and Christian communities. (**)
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