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Sheikh Puji to Face Trial for Marrying 12-Year-Old
September 29, 2009

Sheikh Puji (Photo: AFP) Sheikh Puji (Photo: AFP)
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peterR
11:40am Sep 30, 2009

Aaronm………Hope you didn’t get me wrong, I totally agree with you, 'hang the nonce' says it just perfectly.

I noticed on the web that his company is said to be PT Sinar Lendoh Terang (Silenter). As I mentioned, I suppose that if the customers he exports to found out that they were buying from a man on trial for violating children, his funds might dry up, his high powered lawyers would most probably pull out of the case, and he would end up in some hell-hole of a prison, without the cushion his money could buy, facing big burly men looking for a bitch. Just terrible!


Valkyrie
11:18am Sep 30, 2009

No two ways about it....he fits the profile of a Pedophile.


aaronm
8:34am Sep 30, 2009

PeterR, this depraved individual misuses religion and invokes a medieval Arab tradition in order to satisfy his lust for children. He encapsulates all of what is wrong with the Wahabi/Salafist strain of Islam that is being allowed to take this country back to the dark ages. Making an example of him - just as Densus 88 did with Noordin Top - should hopefully signal to his fellow travelers that enough is enough.


peterR
5:34pm Sep 29, 2009

aaronm

Cor! Dont beat around the bush, just say what you mean.

Love it!

aaronm
2:28pm Sep 29, 2009

Hang the nonce.


The trial of Sheikh Puji, a Central Java religious figure accused of marrying a 12-year-old girl, is scheduled to begin Thursday in Semarang.

Pujiantocahyo Widianto is accused of violating at least two articles of Child Protection Law, including "persuading a child to have sex and/or taking advantage of a person's economic condition for his own benefit."

Puji married the girl, Lutfiana Ufla, in August last year.

One of Puji's lawyers, Novel Al Bakri, hinted that the girl's father, Suroso, would not be able to testify due to an alleged mental breakdown. Suroso was arrested by the police more than a month ago under suspicion of essentially selling his daughter into marriage.

"Suroso couldn't take the pressure. His testimony can't be held accountable for trial," said Novel, who represents both Suroso and Syekh Puji. He added that Suroso had been hospitalized.

"He says he's just a good muslim who married off his daughter. Ulfa had reached puberty so when a man asked for her hand in marriage, he married his daughter to Puji. Besides, it was consensual. Ulfa loves Puji," Novel argued.

Puji, a wealthy handicraft exporter and founder of a religious boarding school, has a substantial following. Hundreds of supporters rallied to his defense in July when he was arrested for violating an order to report weekly to the police.

Some 50 local clerics have condemned his actions and questioned his religious qualifications, however. The clerics met with provincial police in July to urge them to pursue the case.

Puji has beefed up his legal team by hiring prominent lawyer OC Kaligis. Kaligis has represented Tommy Suharto, the son of former Indonesian autocrat Suharto, as well as Prita Mulyasari, the Tangerang woman accused of defaming a hospital on the internet in a widely-publicized case earlier this year.