E/CN.4/1989/44
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"(i)
Misinterpreting, undermining or manipulating the State's
Ideology, Pancasila, or the Guidelines of State Policy;
or
"(ii)
Discrediting or overthrowing the legitimate Government or
the State apparatus; or
"(iii)
Incitinq, spreading or encouraginq hatred, or promoting
social unrest or public disorder amongst members of
society within the country or between Indonesia and a
friendly country.
"Article 55, paragraph 1, of the Penal Code stipulates that a guilty
person would be:
"(i) An individual who commits an offence, orders the
execution of the offence or who collaborates in the
execution of that offence.
"(ii)
An individual who gives, promises or misuses his power or
influence, or who forces, threatens, tricks, permits or
persuades a third party deliberately to commit an offence.
"It should be noted that at every stage, the due
process of law was observed, the trial was fair and was
open to the public.
"It is pertinent to note that in addition to Mr. ...,
the four other persons referred to in your communication
have also been brought to trial not because of their
religion but because, according to the prevailing laws
and regulations in Indonesia, they were involved in an
attempt to overthrow the legitimate Government.
"(b) The case of Mr. (name provided), aged 44, a tailor from
Yogyakarta who was sentenced by the Court of First Instance of Yogyakarta
to three years imprisonment for allegedly distributing copies of a banned
Muslim newspaper. He was found guilty not because he is a Muslim or for
his Islamic religious activities but because he had committed a criminal
offence.
"Having listened to the evidence before it, the Court by its
decision of 29 January 1987 found Mr. ... guilty of the charges levelled
against him.
"This decision was confirmed in the first instance by the decision
of the Appeal Court of Yogyakarta dated 5 March 1987 which found him
guilty of having committed a crime under article 155, paragraph 1,
together with article 55, paragraph 1, of the Penal Code and he was
sentenced to three years' imprisonment.