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Article: PKS SUPPORTS GOVT'S PLAN TO GRANT REMISSSION TO ABUBAKAR BA'ASYIR.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2005
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Surabaya, E Java, Oct 8 (ANTARA) - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has expressed its support for the government's plan to grant a four-month remission to Moslem cleric Abubakar Ba'asyir and rejected Australian request to deny him the reduction in his jail term. Speaking to reporters here Saturday, PKS Secretary General Anis Matta said his party's stand on the matter was motivated by humanitarian consideration.
"From the beginning, Abubakar Ba'asyir's court trial has raised questions," he said on the sidelines of an open dialogue with East Javane community leaders here. Matta said Ba'asyir was a weak and old man. Due to this fact, the PKS had agreed to ...