Munarman's Verdict From The East Jakarta District Court Is Less Than Half The Demand, The Prosecutor Asks For 8 Years To Be Given By The Judge For 3 Years

JAKARTA - The East Jakarta District Court has sentenced the former General Secretary of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Munarman to three years in prison. The verdict is less than half of the prosecutor's demands, eight years in prison.

"The sentence is imposed on the defendant for 3 years", said the chairman of the panel of judges at the East Jakarta District Court when reading the verdict against the defendant Munarman in Jakarta, Wednesday, April 6.

The assembly agreed that the defendant Munarman was legally and convincingly proven to have committed a criminal act of terrorism. He violated Munarman Article 15 in conjunction with Article 7 of Law Number 5 of 2018 concerning Amendments to Law 15 of 2003 concerning Stipulation of Perpu Number 1 of 2002 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Terrorism.

The indictment against Munarman was read by the public prosecutor in the main courtroom of the East Jakarta District Court, last Wednesday, December 8, 2021.

"Munarman and his friends planned or mobilized others to threaten violence, commit terrorist crimes intentionally using violence, or threaten violence", said the Public Prosecutor when reading the indictment.

Munarman is said to have been involved in acts of terrorism because he attended a number of agendas to commit ISIS members in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra on January 24-25 and April 5, 2015.

Munarman's actions were related to the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization in Syria around early 2014 which was declared by Sheikh Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi.

The prosecutor then drafted a letter of indictment. The prosecutor asked the judge to sentence him to 8 years in prison.

On the verdict, Munarman and the public prosecutor both filed an appeal. They submitted it directly to the panel of judges at the East Jakarta District Court.