Fourth Bali bomb suspect to go on trial<\/p>\n
An Indonesian man who has admitted building one of the two
\nbombs that ripped through a Bali nightclub district last year
\nstands trial Monday, facing the death penalty if found guilty.<\/p>\n
Ali Imron, 30, is the fourth key suspect to stand trial over
\nthe Oct. 12 bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners on
\nholiday on the Indonesian resort island.<\/p>\n
Proceedings against his older brothers, Amrozi and Mukhlas,
\nand the alleged mastermind of the attack, Imam Samudra, are
\nalready underway.<\/p>\n
In contrast to those suspects, Imron has expressed regret for
\nthe bombings and believes they are not in accordance with Islamic
\nteachings, his lawyer, Suyanto, said Sunday.<\/p>\n
\"Imron is not like Amrozi,\" said Suyanto, who goes by a single
\nname like many Indonesians. \"He believes that jihad in Bali is
\nwrong. He is not proud of what he did.\"<\/p>\n
Imron is one of more than 30 people arrested over the blasts.
\nAt least nine are accused of playing a direct role in the attack.<\/p>\n
The blasts have been blamed on Jamaah Islamiyah, a regional
\nal-Qaeda-linked group that allegedly wants to establish a
\nSoutheast Asian-wide Islamic state.<\/p>\n
Shortly after his arrest, Imron gave a bizarre media
\nconference in which he apologized to the victims' families and
\nshowed how he and others allegedly assembled the explosives used
\nin one of the bombs.<\/p>\n
\"In my heart, I regret this,\" he said at the time. \"I want to
\napologize to the victims' families in Indonesia and to foreign
\nfamilies.\"<\/p>\n
Suyanto said that Ali Imron was asking forgiveness from the
\nvictims' families, and suggested that he was expecting his client
\nto receive the death penalty.<\/p>\n
\"If he feels that society has forgiven him, he will happily
\nreceive a death sentence,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Last week, Imam Samudra, who shouts \"God is Great\" several
\ntimes each time he enters the courtroom, argued that the attacks
\nwere justified under Islam because they avenged the deaths of
\ninnocent Muslims.<\/p>\n
He admits that he was involved in the bombings but denies that
\nhe masterminded them.<\/p>\n
A verdict is expected next month in the trial of Amrozi, who
\nallegedly purchased the explosives used in the attack.
\nProsecutors have demanded the death penalty. -- AP<\/p>",
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