RP envoy bomber trial resumes

RP envoy bomber trial resumes

JAKARTA: Prosecutor Suharto urged on Monday the Central
Jakarta District Court to resume the trial of Abdul Jabar, the
main suspect in the bombing of the Philippine ambassador's
residence and two churches in Jakarta in 2000.

In the hearing, the prosecutor told the court that the
indictment read out in the previous hearing against Jabar was in
line with the Criminal Code, and therefore the court should
resume the trial.

Presiding Judge Pramudana adjourned the trial until June 10.

In the indictment, Suharto accused the defendant, who turned
himself in last January, of having planted a car bomb at the
ambassador's official residence in Central Jakarta on Aug. 1,
2000.

The blast killed security guard Sofyan Hendrawan, housemaid
Suhantin, and injured 21 others, including Ambassador Leonides T.
Caday. --JP