Under the country’s military law, mutiny carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, but Fowler claims this is unlikely, and that Kenderesi will most likely be fined.

Fowler is the same Lt.Col. who was surprised they went after him at all, so I'm not sure I'd trust his judgement in this matter. The same retired Lt.Col., so it may be he's not been exposed to how politicised things are becoming.

It may be a case of pour encourager les autres...