Sept. 30
IRAN:
74-year-old Iranian, who hosted 'half-naked parties', sentenced to death----The
chief prosecutor said the man led "a corruption gang" which held parties with
drugs and alcohol, and where women were "sexually harassed".
Iran has sentenced a 74-year-old man to death for hosting "mixed and half-naked
parties", the head of Tehran's judiciary said.
Chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said the man led "a corruption gang"
which held parties with drugs and alcohol, and where women were "sexually
harassed".
"The head of this corruption gang has been sentenced to execution and the case
has been sent for appeal to the supreme court," he said, according to the
judiciary-linked Mizan news agency.
Dolatabadi mentioned another case in which 6 people had been arrested for
downloading "obscene" Hollywood films and dubbing them into Persian.
"The gang's website was the largest download centre for Hollywood films and
series, and in the past 3 years they have published 18,000 dubbed films and
series, many of which were obscene and pornographic," said Dolatabadi.
(source: hindustantimes.com)
KUWAIT:
Death penalty of 15 Indians commuted to life term by Emir of Kuwait
Death sentences handed down to 15 Indians lodged in a Kuwaiti jail have been
commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, external affairs minister
Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday.
Swaraj said the Emir has also directed that the sentences of 119 Indian
nationals be reduced.
"The Emir of Kuwait has been pleased to commute the sentence of 15 Indian
nationals from death to life imprisonment," she tweeted.
Swaraj thanked the Emir of Kuwait for his "kind" gesture and said the Indian
Embassy in that country will extend assistance to the Indian nationals who will
be released from jails.
(source: english.manoramaonline.com)
PAKISTAN:
FIA challenges ATC verdict in Benazir Bhutto murder case
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday filed a petition challenging
the anti-terrorism court's (ATC) decision in the Benazir murder case.
The petition that had been filed in the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High
Court (LHC) maintains that the FIA has irrefutable evidence against the
acquitted suspects.
Subsequently, the FIA has requested death penalty be awarded to the 5 accused
acquitted and two police officials imprisoned. The petition states that the ATC
has not done justice through its verdict.
The LHC on Thursday accepted petitions challenging detention of those acquitted
in Benazir murder case for regular hearing.
A division bench of LHC Rawalpindi bench comprising Justice Tariq Abbasi heard
the petitions filed by relatives of Sher Zaman, Hasnain Gul and Rafaqat Hussain
acquitted in Benazir murder case against their detention after acquittal in the
Benazir murder case.
After hearing preliminary arguments of the petitioners' counsel, the court
accepted the petition for regular hearing and issued notices to the
Rawalpindi's deputy commissioner.
Earlier, ATC Judge Asghar Khan at Adiala Jail had announced the verdict in
Benazir Bhutto murder case, sentencing 2 police officers to 17 years
imprisonment for being "negligent" and had acquitted the 5 suspects belonging
to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - who were indicted in 2008 over lack of
evidence. The court had also declared the then-president Pervez Musharraf an
absconder in the case.
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack
after an election rally in Liaquat Bagh on Dec 27, 2007. The then government of
Pervez Musharraf had blamed TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud for the killing but
Mehsud had denied any involvement in the murder.
(source: Pakistan Today)
INDONESIA:
AGO Waits for Supreme Court Decision on Pardon for Death Penalty Execution
The Indonesia Supreme Court (MA) has yet to issue a decision regarding the time
limit for the submission of pardon for death row inmates convicted by the
Attorney General Office (AGO) since August 2017.
"We are still waiting [for the Supreme Court decision], we must be careful on
this, as this is a decision on life or death of a human being," said Attorney
General HM Prasetyo in Jakarta, Friday (29/09/2017).
He asserted the death execution was related to the life of a person, and
therefore the AGO needs to request for a decision from the Supreme Court ,
since the decision of the Constitutional Court about the pardon did not mention
the time period for submission of pardon.
The Constitutional Court, through Decision No. 107/PUU-XIII/2015 abolished the
enactment of Article 7 paragraph (2) of Law no. 5 of 2010 on Amendment to Law
no. 22 of 2002 on Pardon related to the time limitation of submission of pardon
to the president. That is, the Court "frees" the convicted person to apply for
pardon at any time.
This ruling changed the preceding rules, the submission of pardon is done no
later than a year since the decision of permanent legal force.
The petitioner of this case is Su'ud Rusli, a death row inmate of the murder of
President Director of Asaba Budyharto Angsono. Su'ud regards Article 7
paragraph (2) of the Law on Gracency injured a sense of justice due to the
submission of pardon more than a year since the final decision was considered
expired.
The filing of Su'ud's pardon in 2014 was rejected by President Joko Widodo on
31 August 2015, which was received on October 8, 2015.
Previously, the Attorney General admitted concerned with the disclosure of drug
smuggling cases in the country that increasingly rife.
"We are concerned about the disclosure of a ton of shabu in Banten and the
hundreds of kilos in Pluit, proving it appears that Indonesia is the center of
the drug network in Southeast Asia," said Attorney General HM Prasetyo after
receiving a visit to the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of
Malaysia (MACC) Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad last month.
He mentioned the drug case would undermine the generation of the Indonesian
Nation. Therefore there is no compromise to such a crime. "It must be fought
sincerely and seriously," he said, asserting.
Prasetyo added that the AGO would not hesitate to sue the perpetrators of drug
trafficking. Let not a ton, no compromise of evil as it should be fought
sincerely.
(source: netralnews.com)
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