Instead of satisfying the people's demand for justice, the verdict passed down on Labora Sitorus by the judicial panel at the Sorong District Court in West Papua, was an affront, as well as arbitrary.

The Sorong Attorney General's Office had prosecuted the police adjutant inspector for the crimes of fuel smuggling, illegal logging and money laundering. The prosecutor had demanded a sentence of 15 years in jail and a fine of Rp100 million. Inste