7 years for bomb accomplice<\/p>\n
Andi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi<\/p>\n
The Makassar District Court sentenced on Thursday an accomplice
\nin the deadly Makassar bombing to seven years in prison, the
\nfirst sentence to be handed down for a number of suspects in the
\nterror attacks in the South Sulawesi provincial capital.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, a prosecutor sought eight years imprisonment
\nfor another accomplice.<\/p>\n
The panel of judges presided over by Muhammad Adnan said in
\nthe court hearing that 32-year-old Suriadi Spd was found guilty
\nof hiding information on the planning of the attacks on a
\nMcDonald's outlet and car showroom.<\/p>\n
"The defendant is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt of hiding
\ninformation on terrorist acts and of illegal possession of a gun
\nand nine arrows. He did not inform security authorities of the
\nexplosive materials which were placed by key suspect Agung Abdul
\nHamid in his house in the city," he said, explaining that the
\ndefendant's actions were against Article 13 of Government
\nRegulation in Lieu of Law No. 1\/2003 and Law No. 15\/2003 on
\nterrorism.<\/p>\n
The verdict, the first handed down for 16 suspects in the Dec.
\n5 attacks that killed three and injured 15 others, is three years
\nlighter than the prosecutor Hajrati Amin had sought.<\/p>\n
The judges also ordered the prosecutors to destroy all
\nmaterial evidence.<\/p>\n
Suriadi looked disappointed with the court's verdict while his
\nwife cried.<\/p>\n
"I cannot accept this decision. It's a slander. Many
\ntestimonies, including mine, were manipulated by the prosecutors.
\nI have said that I did not know that the sack contained explosive
\nmaterials but the prosecutors and judges assumed that I knew.
\nTherefore I will appeal," he said.<\/p>\n
Suriadi's lawyers Baharuddin Badaru and Imran Ali Manda also
\nexpressed disappointment with the court's verdict, saying they
\nwould immediately file an appeal with the High Court.<\/p>\n
In the other hearing, prosecutor Hamsia Latief requested an
\neight-year prison sentence for Muhammad Tang bin Buraera alias
\nIttang alias Sudi for aiding the key suspect when the latter was
\nin Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi province, after the
\nbombing.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Jassolong Situmorang said the defendant was guilty
\nbeyond reasonable doubt in allowing Hamid to spend several nights
\nin his house after the bombing and did not inform the local
\nauthorities.<\/p>\n
There have been no evidence that the suspects had links with
\nthose prosecuted or sentenced in the Oct. 12, 2002 Bali blasts
\nthat killed 202 people, mostly foreigners, and injured more than
\n320 others or the Aug. 5 JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta
\nthat killed 12 people. The Bali bombings are blamed on the al
\nQaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group.<\/p>",
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