DEDEN SUDJANA

Jailed for trying to stop murderers

Roni and Warsono – were beaten to death as police watched. Only 12 members of the mob were prosecuted. Serang District Court gave them jail sentences of just three to six months. Ahmadiyah’s national security chief, Deden Sudjana, was seriously wounded in the attack and his car was torched. He was prosecuted for inciting violence because he had struck the murderous mob’s leader, Idris bin Madanim. In August 2011, Deden was given six months in jail. The judge who convicted him is Sumartono. Ahmadiyah, a minor sect of Islam, came under threat in Indonesia after unscrupulous politicians and conservative clerics started exploiting radical Islam. On February 6, 2011, about 1,000 extremists launched a premeditated attack on an Ahmadi neighbourhood in Cikeusik village, Banten province. Three Ahmadis – Chandra,