Two terrorist accomplices sentenced in Bali<\/p>\n
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali<\/p>\n
The district court in Bali has jailed two defendants for their
\nroles in aiding and abetting those involved in the Oct. 12, 2002,
\nBali bombings.<\/p>\n
Andri Octavia got 16 years in jail for his involvement in a
\njewelry shop robbery in Serang, Banten, on Aug. 22, 2002, the
\nproceeds from which were used to help finance the bombings, while
\nMakmuri received seven years for harboring a key Bali bomb
\nsuspect in the Central Java town of Klaten after the deadly
\nattacks.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant (Octavia) has been found guilty of
\ncollaborating with others to provide funds for a terrorist attack
\nand of robbing a jewelry shop, for which he is sentenced to 16
\nyears imprisonment,\" Judge Gede Damendra said during Monday's
\ncourt session here.<\/p>\n
Oktavia's lawyers immediately filed an appeal against the
\nsentence, which was two years lighter than that demanded by the
\nprosecution.<\/p>\n
The court has already sentenced two persons to 15 years'
\nimprisonment each and one person to 16 years' imprisonment for
\ntheir involvement in the robbery.<\/p>\n
The raiders got away with 2.5 kilograms of gold jewelry and Rp
\n5 million (US$588) in cash. The proceeds were passed to Imam
\nSamudra, who along with Amrozi was sentenced to death last week
\nfor masterminding the terror attacks.<\/p>\n
In a separate trial in the same building, Judge Ida Bagus
\nJagra said Makmuri was guilty of harboring Ali Ghufron alias
\nMukhlas, Amrozi and Ali Imron in Klaten after the attack.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors are seeking 20 years in jail for Ali Imron, who
\nhas confessed his role in the bombings, which killed 202 people,
\nmostly Australians, and injured more than 320 others.<\/p>\n
During his trial on Monday, Ali Imron urged those involved in
\nthe Bali bombings who were still at large not to launch any
\nfurther terror attacks that would tarnish the image of Islam
\nworldwide.<\/p>\n
\"I call on my friends who are still at large to stop their
\nviolent actions immediately because what they have done in the
\npast are terror acts,\" Imron, who was dressed in a dark suit and
\nblue shirt, told the court in his defense plea.<\/p>\n
He denied that the terrorist network Jamaah Islamiyah was
\nbehind the terror attacks, saying the series of bombings had
\nnothing to do with Islam or the adherents of Islam.<\/p>\n
He also said he had misunderstood the meaning of jihad.<\/p>\n
\"A true jihad should have a clear target. There should be
\nwarnings given. No women should be killed in jihad. And, the holy
\nwar should be staged in acceptable ways. All these principles
\nwere ignored in our jihad,\" he admitted.<\/p>\n
He said the bombings were really retaliatory actions aimed at
\nthe United States, which he claimed had mistreated the Muslim
\npeople.<\/p>\n
Imron, who has admitted helping assemble the van bomb that
\ntore apart a nightclub and caused most of the deaths, also
\napologized for his role in attacking the wrong targets.<\/p>\n
\"I am guilty and I can only seek forgiveness from my family,
\nmy friends, the families of the victims and the victims
\nthemselves,\" he told the court.<\/p>\n
He said all he could do now was \"to ask for the acceptance of
\nthe prosecution's recommendation by the victims, the families of
\nthe victims and society.\"<\/p>\n
According to Imron, the 20-year sentence sought by the
\nprosecution was the most lenient that could be expected for a
\ncrime that had caused \"such extraordinary losses.\"<\/p>\n
Imron's lawyer Suyono urged the judges to consider his
\nclient's honest regret in mitigation.<\/p>",
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