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