Indonesia Update
By Kenneth Conboy
Indonesia has been relatively quiet on the counter-terrorism front in recent weeks. There are a few items for updating:
* This past week, the Indonesian attorney general took the unusual step of announcing the date of the planned execution (22 August) for three of the 2002 Bali bombers (Amrozi, his older brother Muckhlas, and Imam Samudra). Unlike in the U.S., the Indonesian authorities usually never announce the date or location of an execution ahead of time. Also unlike the U.S., four of the five members of Indonesian firing squads have blanks--only one has a real bullet. Earlier, the three convicted Bali terrorists said they would not appeal their sentence. However, family members for Amrozi may now go ahead with an appeal, which could conceivably delay their visit to the firing squad for weeks or months.
* On 23 July, an Indonesian court sentenced two men to 3.5 years in prison for hiding top Jemaah Islamiyah fugitive Noordin Top. The two had allowed Top to stay in their Pekalongan, Central Java, house for several weeks in September 2004, and did not notify the authorities despite knowing his identity.
* On 17 July, police in Lombok arrested a man dressed in black robes who planned to take a flight to Central Java. A check of his identity card revealed that he lived at a boarding house in Jogjakarta that had recently been raided by the police. The authorities have been concerned in recent months that Jemaah Islamiyah members are seeking sanctuary in and around Lombok; earlier this year, a Singaporean member of Jemaah Islamiyah was captured on the nearby island of Sumbawa.
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By Kenneth Conboy
Indonesia has been relatively quiet on the counter-terrorism front in recent weeks. There are a few items for updating:
* This past week, the Indonesian attorney general took the unusual step... [Read More]
