Indonesia hikes jail term for Pole over Papua rebel links | Malay Mail

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JAKARTA, Dec 18 — Indonesia’s supreme court has increased the jail term for a Polish man convicted of treason over links to separatist guerrillas in restive Papua, raising the sentence to seven years from five, his lawyer said today. Jakub Fabian Skrzypski was arrested in August last year,...

Indonesia’s supreme court has increased the jail term for a Polish man convicted of treason over links to separatist guerrillas in restive Papua. — Reuters pic

The Pole appealed against his sentence. But the Supreme Court this week rejected that bid and increased the original sentence — a not uncommon practice in the Indonesian justice system. The European Parliament has described Skrzypski as a political prisoner and called for his transfer back to Poland.

 

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