RP police file charges against Hambali<\/p>\n
Associated Press, Manila<\/p>\n
Police have filed charges of illegal explosives possession
\nagainst a Malaysian and an Indonesian linked to bombings two
\nyears ago that killed 22 people in the Philippine capital, a
\nstate prosecutor said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The two men - Malaysian Faiz Bin Abu Bakar Bafana and
\nIndonesian Riduan Isamudin - are said to be members of the
\nSoutheast Asian Islamic fundamentalist group Jemaah Islamiyah,
\nwhich allegedly plotted to attack Western targets in Singapore
\nlast year.<\/p>\n
Bafana has been arrested in Singapore but Isamudin, also known
\nas Hambali, is at large.<\/p>\n
State Prosecutor Roberto Lao said the charges against the two
\nwere based on the testimonies of a Filipino and another
\nIndonesian arrested earlier this year on suspicion they were
\ninvolved in procuring explosives for the Singapore bombing plot.<\/p>\n
Authorities in Malaysia have said they believe Isamudin, said
\nto be a soft-spoken Islamic teacher, met with two of the Sept. 11
\nhijackers in 2000 and may be a central figure in terrorist groups
\nwith links to Osama bin Laden that have emerged in Southeast
\nAsia.<\/p>\n
Under Philippine legal procedures, state prosecutors review
\ncharges filed by police to determine whether there is enough
\nevidence to bring the case to court.<\/p>\n
Police said testimony against the two suspects was given by
\nHussain Ramos, a Filipino arrested in the southern Philippines in
\nJuly, and Indonesian Roman Fathur Al-Ghozi, who was taken into
\ncustody in January.<\/p>\n
Al-Ghozi told police he helped plan the Manila bombings in
\n2000 and pleaded guilty to explosives possession after leading
\nPhilippine police earlier this year to a cache of TNT that
\nofficials say was to be used for terrorist attacks in Singapore.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian, who is now serving a 12-year prison sentence,
\nimplicated Ramos in the alleged Singapore plot.<\/p>",
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