http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/indonesia-cuts-jail-time-for-suhartos-son-to-mark-holiday/2006/10/24/1161455722235.html
Indonesia cuts jail time for Suharto's son to mark holiday Jakarta October 25, 2006 FORMER Indonesian president Suharto's youngest son, jailed for plotting a murder, could benefit from a conditional release after his sentence was cut yesterday. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2002 for paying a hitman to kill a Supreme Court judge and other offences. The murdered judge had convicted him in a graft case. His jail term was later reduced to 10 years in an appeal and has also been sliced several times under an Indonesian practice of sentence remissions for good behaviour. The latest cut of six weeks is in conjunction with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. "The six-week remission on Tommy Suharto's sentence would open the way to grant him a conditional release, because he had served two-thirds of his sentence," Justice Minister Hamid Awaludin said. Mr Awaludin was quoted earlier as saying a release would not be automatic and society's attitude should be a factor. Any early release is likely to spark criticism from domestic human rights groups and foreign analysts who say Indonesia must demonstrate it does not have double-standards in applying justice to the rich and powerful rather than the poor and weak. Many had criticised the original sentence as being too lenient considering his crimes. The Government also cut the sentences of thousands of other prisoners to mark the Muslim holiday. REUTERS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
