The Imam’s Trial
Kartosoewirjo, sentenced to death in a lightning military tribunal, denied intending to kill Sukarno, but admitted to fighting for the overthrow of the government.
August 18, 2010
AUGUST 14, 1962. The first day of the trial of Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo, Grand Imam of the Indonesian Islamic State, began at the Indonesian Army Headquarters at Gambir, Central Jakarta. No media representatives were present in the closed-door trial.
The panel of judges consisted of three army officers: Lt. Col. Sukana, chairman, and Majors Rauf Effendy and Muhammad Islam, members; Maj. Sutarjono was the prosecutor, and lawyer Wibo
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