10-year sentence sought for blast suspects<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a 10-year
\nsentence for the two suspects who allegedly hurled a grenade at
\nthe Malaysian embassy compound here last year.<\/p>\n
However only one of the suspects, Iswadi H. Jamil, was present
\nduring the trial at the South Jakarta district court. The other
\nsuspect, Corp. Ibrahim Hasan, was tried in absentia after having
\nescaped detention at Cipinang Penitentiary.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Agus Widodo told the court that both defendants
\nwere guilty of illegal possession of explosives.<\/p>\n
\"There is the possibility that the act of the defendants was
\nbased on the intention to cause national disturbance and
\ndisintegration,\" Agus said.<\/p>\n
A grenade was hurled into the Malaysian embassy compound from
\nJl. H.R. Rasuna Said in August last year. It exploded in the
\nparking lot of the embassy' compound.<\/p>\n
There were no injuries and the explosion only caused minor
\ndamage.<\/p>\n
Iswadi and Ibrahim Hasan allegedly obtained the grenades in
\nBandung, West Java, from a member of the Army's Special Force
\n(Kopassus) who is still at large.<\/p>\n
The defense's lawyer, Johnson Pandjaitan, has accused
\nprosecutors of trying to link the incident at the Malaysian
\nEmbassy with the Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing which occurred
\nearlier in September.<\/p>\n
The court adjourned until Aug. 8 to hear the defense.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, the South Jakarta district court
\nearlier on Wednesday morning also convened two separate trials on
\nJSX bombing suspects.<\/p>\n
However both trials were quickly suspended upon prosecutors'
\nrequest.<\/p>\n
In one trial for defendants Tengku Ismuhadi Jafar and
\nNuryadin, prosecutor Endang Rahman requested an adjournment to
\nallow prosecutors to alter the dossiers due to the escape of
\nNuryadin.<\/p>\n
Nuryadin remains at large after escaping from Cipinang prison
\non July 27.<\/p>\n
Tengku Ismuhadi Jafar has been accused of being the strategist
\nand organizer of the JSX bombing which killed 11 people.<\/p>\n
Nuryadin, the alleged executor of the bombing, was an employee
\nat Ismuhadi's auto repair shop.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Rusman Dani Achmad rejected the defense's
\nobjections to the adjournment.<\/p>\n
The trial will be reconvened on Monday.<\/p>\n
In the other trial prosecutors were also granted an
\nadjournment to allow them time to include suspect Irwan's recent
\nfailed jailbreak in the dossiers.<\/p>\n
Irwan is another of the 12 suspects who are being tried at the
\nSouth Jakarta district court for the JSX bombing.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors attempts during the trial on Wednesday to seek
\nfurther testimony from Irwan, a former Kopassus member, on the
\nbombing failed as the defendant refused to disclose further
\ninformation.<\/p>\n
Sources close to the court said Irwan was afraid to divulge
\nfurther information on the attack for fear of reprisals against
\nhis family living in Aceh.<\/p>\n
Irwan's lawyer, Arfiandi Fauzan, said his client had also been
\nabsent in previous hearings due to fear for his own life and that
\nof his family.<\/p>\n
Arfiandi did not elaborate on the nature of the threats which
\nhad been received by his client.<\/p>\n
However, prosecutor Suyitno told reporters that pending the
\napproval of the judge, Irwan could provide testimony in private
\nwhich could be considered by prosecutors in drafting the final
\ndossier. (06)4<\/p>",
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