Bandung, W Java – Four former policemen charged with inciting the recent riot in Tasikmalaya, West Java are facing up to 32 months in jail.

Military prosecutor, Col Ismail Bangun, demanded here Tuesday that the West Java military court imprison former Corporal Nur (38) for 32 months and former 2nd Sgt AM (24) for 30 months.

He also sought 24 months for former 2nd Sgts AY and DH.

The four, who were dismissed from the police force on Jan 10, were accused of torturing Moslem teacher, Mahmud Farid (37), and two of his students, Habib Hamdani (22) and Ikhsan (20), of the Riyadul Ulun Wadda'wah Islamic boarding school in Tasikmalaya.

Farid and the students, who needed medical treatment after the beating, were summoned by Nur after his son, Mohamad Riza (14), also a student at the school, was punished by one of the teachers for alleged theft.

The four former policemen confessed to the tribunal that they had beaten Farid and the two students but they also said there were other officers involved but have not been charged.