Police complete Rais' dossier

Police complete Rais' dossier

JAKARTA: Police submitted the dossier of JW Marriott Hotel
bombing suspect M. Rais to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on
Thursday, paving the way for his trial at the Central Jakarta
District Court.

"We have completed the investigation and interrogation of
Rais. Today we submitted the dossier to the prosecutor. We
believe that there is no more room for him to avoid prosecution
because we have provided all the necessary evidence," National
Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said.

The JW Marriott Hotel in South Jakarta was bombed on Aug. 5 by
a group believed to be linked to regional terrorist network
Jamaah Islamiyah. At least 12 people were killed in the bombing
and 147 others injured.

If the prosecutor's office decides the dossier is complete, it
will hand over the document to the Central Jakarta District Court
for trial.

Rais would be the second suspect in the JW Marriott bombing to
stand trial. The Bengkulu District Court began the trial of
another suspect, Sardona Silwangi, last week.

Rais and Asmar Latin Sani, Azahari and Noordin Moh Top
allegedly transported the explosives used in the bombing to
Sardona's house in Bengkulu from Riau. The suspects then
allegedly moved the explosives to Jakarta.

Asmar died in the bombing while the two main suspects, Azahari
and Noordin, are still at large.

"We will indict Rais under Law No. 15/2003 on terrorism, the
Criminal Code and Law No. 12/1951 on emergencies for his alleged
role in helping the bombers," said Zainuri. --JP