After months-long trial, schizophrenic Indonesian woman absolved of blasphemy charge


Suzethe Margaret (left) and her younger brother Adi Santoso head to the Cibinong State Court in Bogor, West Java, on Feb 4, 2020. - JP/ANN

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Suzethe Margareth, a schizophrenic woman who was charged with blasphemy last year, walked free on Wednesday (Feb 5) after a panel of the judges at the Cibinong District Court in Bogor, West Java, absolved her of all charges because of her mental health.

“Thank you to everyone, [to] journalists, NGOs and the panel of the judges that made a just decision because the fact is that [Suzethe] is ill, ” Suzethe’s lawyer, Alfonsus Atu Kota, told reporters on Wednesday after the hearing.

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