The Jakarta Post, Bandung Wed, January 23 2013, 1:49 PM
The Bandung High Court has added one more year to the prison
term of Sebastian Joe, who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment
for the blasphemy of Islam by the Ciamis District Court in West Java.
The
high court decided on Tuesday to give Sebastian a higher sentence as it
used the 2008 Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law as a lex
specialis (special law), instead of the Criminal Code (KUHP) used by
the district court, said Sebastian’s lawyer, Anang Fitriana, as quoted
by tempo.co on Wednesday.
Sebastian was reported by the Ciamis
chapter of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) last year for a Facebook
status he made, which they considered insulting to Islam.
Anang said that he planned to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. (han)
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