Ba'asyir strikes back

Ba'asyir strikes back

INDONESIA: The legal team of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, a Muslim cleric
allegedly linked to terrorism, in a snap meeting here on Saturday
questioned the recent filing of treason charges against its
client, Indosiar private television station reported.

The chairman of the legal team, Adnan Buyung Nasution, said
Ba'asyir had previously been charged with plotting to assassinate
Megawati Soekarnoputri in 1999 and masterminding a series of
bombing in the Christmas's Eve in 2000. "Therefore, the team has
prepared some measures in connection with the new charges," he
said.

Adnan said that the team would, among other things, sue the
prosecutor's office for arresting its client and file for a
judicial review of the verdict of a previous suit, in which
Ba'asyir's arrest was deemed legal.

The team would sue National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar
and the National Commission on Human Rights for voicing an
inappropriate opinion about Ba'asyir through the mass media. --
JP