Gestapu-PKI Defendant Sentenced to Death

=== [PDF page 1] === QESTAPU=PKI DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO DEATH Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 0000 GMT 14 Jul 76 BK {Toxt] Ab its session in Jakarta yesterday, the Danten court martial sentenced a former air force sergeant, Marsudi, to death. As additional penalty, Marsudi was deprived of his right to serve in the armed forces and stripped of his right to wear any service medal awarded to him. Marsudi has been on trial since 18 June on charges of complicity in the 1965 Gestapu-PKI affair. Mm hearing the verdict, Marsudi said that he would appeal to a higher court; the prosecutor accepted the verdict. === [PDF page 2] === The tribunal concluded that all charges against the accused had been substantiated by evidence produced by witnesses. The tribunal also agreed that the death of the army generals--heroes of the revolution--who were still alive when they arrived at Lubang Buaya, was the full responsibility of the accused together with Maun, a member of the Cakrabirawa regiment (special presidential guard] and the Sukwan [women volunteer corps], It said that the accused wasa true communist who throughout the trial had tried to disguise himself as a soldier by pretending to hold the soldier's oath in high esteem.