Defendants reject prosecutor's charges
\nin trial related to Bali bombings<\/p>\n
Fidelito Ahmad
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nLamongan, East Java<\/p>\n
Four of five defendants who stood trial at the district court in
\nLamongan, East Java, rejected the government prosecutor's charges
\nthat they had violated Law No. 12\/1951 on the illegal possession
\nof arms and explosives and the anti-terror government regulation
\nin lieu of law No. 1\/2002 on terrorism.<\/p>\n
Lawyers who accompanied Sumarno, the nephew of Bali blast
\ndefendant Amrozi, Qomar bin Thalib, Nurminda bin Thalib and
\nNurfitrotullah, told the court that it was not clear what role
\ntheir clients played in the finding of the arms and ammunition.<\/p>\n
\"Besides, following the finding of arms, explosives and
\nammunition in Dadapan forest last October and the police arrest
\nof our clients, the public has concluded that our clients are
\nterrorists and this has tarnished their families' image in the
\ncountry,\" Fachmi Bachmid, one of the Muslim Lawyers Team, said.<\/p>\n
In the previous separate court sessions last Monday, the
\ngovernment prosecutors charged the five defendants with
\ntransporting arms and explosives, possessing them illegally and
\nconcealing them.<\/p>\n
The trial which was presided over by judge Mariani was
\nadjourned until May 26, to hear the government prosecutors'
\nresponse to the defendant's objection to the charges.<\/p>",
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