[ppi] [ppiindia] INDONESIA: GOVERNMENT WANTS NON-MUSLIMS TRIED BY ACHEH ISLAMIC COURT

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      INDONESIA: GOVERNMENT WANTS NON-MUSLIMS TRIED BY ACHEH ISLAMIC COURT





      Banda Aceh, 26 April (AKI/Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian government has 
insisted that Muslims and non-Muslims alike in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam 
district of Muslim-devout Aceh province should be tried by a planned Islamic 
Court. Non-Muslims accused of committing crimes such as theft and adultery, 
would be tried under the Sharia inspired bylaws, state secretary Yusril Ihza 
Mahendra told the special committee deliberating a crucial bill on Aceh's 
future administration.

      Mahendra, responding to the proposals of several legislators who wanted 
non-Muslims to be given the freedom to choose under which law they would be 
tried, said it would only create legal uncertainty. 

      "Should such freedom be given, non-Muslims will certainly choose to be 
tried under the Criminal Code, because it carries more lenient punishment," 
Yusril told the hearing, held to discuss the authority of the planned Islamic 
Court, also known as Mahkamah Sharia. 

      Yusril said that in the case of adultery, non-Muslims who committed 
adultery with Muslims would undoubtedly opt for trial by Indonesia's penal 
code, because it was more lenient than stoning or other forms of corporal 
punishment stipulated under Islamic Law. 

      A number of factions, such as the Christian-based Prosperous Peace Party 
(PDS) and the Buddhist inspired Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle 
(PDI-P), have proposed that non-Muslims be given the freedom to choose under 
which law they would be tried for ordinary crimes. 

      Yusril said later in the hearing that non-Muslims could be exempted for 
trial by the Islamic Court only in cases related to domestic matters, such as 
distribution of wealth as well as business and monetary issues. 

      He added details about the Islamic Court would await the drawing up of 
more bylaws. "It is these that will decide who will be tried under which law," 
Yusril said. The court is one of the key elements of the current bill on Aceh's 
administration required under the landmark peace accord signed last August 
between separatist rebels from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian 
government that ended a 29 year conflict in the province. 

      Discussions about the Islamic Court and other substantial issues in the 
Aceh bill have resulted in the Indonesian parliament and the government failing 
to meet the original March 30 deadline for its passage. 

      Legislators now agree that two more months is a realistic target, 
especially as there is no longer the intensity of early deliberations. Bylaws 
dealing with adultery, alcoholism, gambling and obscenity are already on the 
statute books.

      Lawmaker Permadi of the PDI-P faction, who is also a member of the 
special committee, alleged the simmering down of the debates was connected to 
payments worth 181,550 dollars made to committee members by the interior 
ministry

      Permadi, speaking during a meeting with representatives from Aceh Leuser 
Antara and Aceh Barat Selatan districts, who are seeking the establishment of a 
new province covering these areas, said the handouts were intended to expedite 
the deliberation of the bill and "silence" previously vociferous opponents



     
            (Aki/Jakarta Post)


            Apr-26-06 14:28
                    
     


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