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Indonesian Prosecutors Demand 4 Years for Shiite Leader Over Alleged Blasphemy
by Ulma Haryanto
Jakarta Globe
July 9, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/2759/indonesian-prosecutors-demand-4-years-for-shiite
Excerpt:
The Sampang prosecutors office in East Java on Wednesday demanded a four-year prison term for a local leader of the Shiite branch of Islam, on charges of blasphemy.
"This morning prosecutors read their demand at Sampang District Court; they asked for four years under the charges of Article 156, Paragraph A of the Criminal Code," Akhol Firdaus, spokesman for the Center for Marginalized Community Studies (CMARS), which is monitoring the trial, told the Jakarta Globe.
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