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89229
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 11:13
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FIVE INDONESIAN WORKERS FREED FROM GALLOWS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 11 (ANTARA) - A Kuala Terengganu court had acquitted four Indonesian workers, saving them from the gallows, for killing their employer for withholding their wages.
The Kuala Terengganu court judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim had acquitted Slamet, but sentenced Agus Sulistiawan, Asmali, and Wasrum, to eight years in jail, an Indonesian embassy lawyer Sebastian Cha said in Kuala Terengganu on Wednesday.
"In the beginning, five Indonesian workers were facing charges of premeditated murder, and if convicted they will be sent to the gallows. But the prosecutor failed to prove his charges, so that one of the workers walked free, three sentenced to three years imprisonment, and another to eight years in jail," Sebastian said.
The five Indonesian workers faced charges of murdering their employer Mohd Yusuf Ismail (48) in a plantation in Cerul, Terengganu, on January 21, 2007 at 6 p.m. because he refused to pay their wages.
"The three TKIs who had been jailed for three years, will walk free in the next three months," Sebastian Cha said, adding that the five came from Java.
The Kuala Terengganu court judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim had acquitted Slamet, but sentenced Agus Sulistiawan, Asmali, and Wasrum, to eight years in jail, an Indonesian embassy lawyer Sebastian Cha said in Kuala Terengganu on Wednesday.
"In the beginning, five Indonesian workers were facing charges of premeditated murder, and if convicted they will be sent to the gallows. But the prosecutor failed to prove his charges, so that one of the workers walked free, three sentenced to three years imprisonment, and another to eight years in jail," Sebastian said.
The five Indonesian workers faced charges of murdering their employer Mohd Yusuf Ismail (48) in a plantation in Cerul, Terengganu, on January 21, 2007 at 6 p.m. because he refused to pay their wages.
"The three TKIs who had been jailed for three years, will walk free in the next three months," Sebastian Cha said, adding that the five came from Java.
