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Reporting assault of mother, sister lands Bekasi man defending himself in co The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Since he reported a crime committed by a religious leader in his neighborhood last year, all Bekasi resident Iman Firmansyah can be certain of is, the truth is out there. In August, Iman reported to police a local teacher of Islamic studies, Syekh Maulana, for sexually assaulting seven of his female students, including Iman's mother, sister and sister-in-law. Consequently, Syekh's friend, Dadang Suhendi, reported Iman to police for getting residents of Padurenan, Mustika Jaya district, to banish the teacher from the village. Syekh was found guilty by the Bekasi District Court. He is now serving an 18-month sentence at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta. But police pursued the case against Iman. He was charged under the "catch-all" improper conduct clause in the Criminal Code. "It's about time we had a regulation to protect the witness in cases like this," said representatives of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) and the Women's Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Apik) on Friday. In a joint press conference, the two rights watchdogs questioned the government's attention to the rights of witnesses. "The government has been working on it since 1999. Up to now, I haven't seen any signs they will pass the regulation (on witness protection) into law in the near future," LBH Jakarta executive Nurkholis Hidayat said. Both organizations also represented Iman in his trial at the Bekasi court. Nurkholis suspects irregularities in the trial process. "We found that Iman's statements in the police report had been changed. There were two additional questions that were never asked, there were also statements and signatures that were not his in the report." Zaimah Husin of LBH Apik added that the whole trial process had brought more questions than answers because the judge and the prosecutors were the very same people who tried Syekh. The lawyers reported Bekasi officers to the Jakarta Police for document tampering. They also requested the Bekasi Court delay Iman's trial pending the investigation. If found guilty, Iman could face one year in jail; just six months less than Syekh Maulana, who was proven guilty of sexually assaulting seven women. "We also asked the police not to treat victims and their family members as if they were suspects," Nurkholis said. (07) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
