Noordin's wife may be released

Noordin's wife may be released

MALANG, East Java: Munfiatun, the wife of most-wanted
terrorist Noordin M. Top, might be released on parole from the
Sukun Women's Penitentiary in Malang, East Java, the prison
warden said.

Warden Purwani said on Tuesday that a letter had been sent to
the Bangil Prosecutor's Office to request that Munfiatun be
released on parole.

Munfiatun was sentenced in 2004 to three years in prison for
withholding information from the police that could have led to
Noordin's capture.

Purwani said that Munfiatun had admitted to the crime and had
been well behaved in prison, and therefore deserved to be
released on parole.

"However, we have not received a reply," she said.

The police are still looking for Noordin, a Malaysian citizen
held responsible for masterminding a series of bomb attacks in
the country. Compatriot bombmaker Azahari bin Husin was killed on
Nov. 9 in a police raid in East Java. -- JP