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Papuan leader gets 8 months for vandalism

JAYAPURA: Buchtar Tabuni, 32, human rights activist and leader of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), was sentenced to eight months in prison for vandalism at the Jayapura Prison in December 2010

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Wed, September 26, 2012 Published on Sep. 26, 2012 Published on 2012-09-26T08:29:03+07:00

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Papuan leader gets 8 months for vandalism

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AYAPURA: Buchtar Tabuni, 32, human rights activist and leader of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), was sentenced to eight months in prison for vandalism at the Jayapura Prison in December 2010.

Haris Munandar, chair of the panel of judges assigned by the Jayapura District Court to try the case, said in the court on Tuesday that the defendant was proven guilty of throwing stones at the glass windows of the prison’s head office.

Hundreds of riot police were deployed to maintain security at the court as more than 200 Papuans attended the session to show support for Buchtar.

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