Ba'asyir to retain top post at MMI<\/p>\n
SURAKARTA, Central Java: The Indonesian Mujahidin Council
\n(MMI) will likely retain terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir as its
\ntop leader during the militant group's ongoing three-day congress
\nhere, which ends on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
"Replacing Ustadz (teacher) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir during the
\ncurrent situation would mean committing kezaliman (an act of
\nmistreatment) against him. All MMI members believe that he is an
\ninnocent man who is facing an unjust legal process," congress
\ncommittee chairman Farid Ma'ruf said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Ba'asyir has been prevented from attending the congress as he
\nis standing trial in Jakarta on charges of plotting to kill
\nPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri in 1999 and involvement in the
\nChristmas bombings in 2000.<\/p>\n
Farid, also director of the Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school
\nin Ngruki, Surakarta, denied his school had connections with the
\nregional Jamaah Islamiyah terror network.<\/p>\n
Police have linked JI with last year's deadly bombings in Bali
\nand the recent bombing at the Marriott Hotel.<\/p>\n
Asmar Latin Sani, the suspected suicide bomber at the
\nMarriott, was a graduate from Ngruki boarding school, police
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
However, Farid denied that his school, founded in 1972, taught
\nviolence to its students. --JP<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/baasyir-to-retain-top-post-at-mmi-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}