Ba'asyir's case ready for trial: AGO<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on Thursday that
\nMuslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's case file was complete and
\nthat the terrorist suspect would soon be tried.<\/p>\n
\"We believe the evidence is enough. We are now arranging
\nthe trial time with the court,\" said AGO spokesman Kemas Yahya
\nRahman.<\/p>\n
\"We still have to complete some administrative requirements
\nbefore handing the case over to the court. However, the trial
\nwill start soon,\" he said without giving a precise date.<\/p>\n
According to legal procedures, he said, his office still had
\nseveral days to complete the administrative requirements before
\nforwarding the case to the court.<\/p>\n
National Police investigators submitted Ba'asyir's files to
\nthe Jakarta prosecutor's office early last week. They said that
\nthey had new evidence proving that the cleric was behind a series
\nof terrorist attacks that have rocked the country since 1999.<\/p>\n
Police named Ba'asyir a terrorist suspect on April 16 and
\ncharged him with violating articles 14, 15, 17 and 18 of Law No.
\n15\/2003 on antiterrorism for planning, ordering, abetting and
\nperpetrating terrorist attacks. He could face the death penalty
\nif convicted.<\/p>\n
National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung
\nSudjono said earlier that as the spiritual leader of the Jamaah
\nIsalmiyah (JI) terror group, Ba'asyir was responsible for
\nplanning the bomb attacks in the country between 1999 and 2002.<\/p>\n
The JI is a UN-listed terrorist organization blamed for the
\nOct. 12, 2002 Bali bombings and the Aug. 5, 2003 JW Marriott
\nHotel attack in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Kemas said that the evidence was now strong enough to charge
\nBa'asyir with terrorism offenses.<\/p>\n
\"The police have submitted new evidence different from
\nprevious evidence submitted in the 2003 trial, but we can't give
\nout more details than that right now. The trial will be opened
\nfor the public, so the evidence will be clear later,\" said Kemas.<\/p>\n
Ba'asyir was tried last year but prosecutors failed to prove
\nhis involvement in terrorist activities. However, he was
\nsentenced to prison for immigration offenses and document
\nforgery. He was rearrested shortly after his release in April,
\ntriggering a violent clash between his supporters and police.<\/p>",
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