Indonesia: Soldier dismissed for blasphemy after mistakenly burning box of Bibles


He burned a box of books and other items stored in a shed without checking the contents first. As he burned the books, a resident took a picture and uploaded it to social media, sparking an uproar.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | AU Desk
Source/Credit: September 30, 2017
By Nethy Dharma Somba | September 30, 2017

A soldier serving in Papua was dismissed from the Indonesian Military (TNI) and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy.

The Jayapura Military Court found Second Sgt. Bangun Ahmad Kasmawan guilty on Thursday.

“The defendant violated article 156a of the Criminal Code on religious blasphemy,” said presiding judge Col. James Vandersloot of the Corps of Military Law and Justice.

Bangun was sentenced for burning several copies of the Bible in May. Bangun, who was assigned to guard the border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, was cleaning the house of the 172 Military Resort chief (Kasrem) at a housing complex in Padangbulan, Abepura, Jayapura.
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