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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