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| Subject: Indonesia: Statist Criminals Declare Competing Criminals An Illegal Network Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:00 pm | |
| AN INDONESIAN court has declared Jemaah Islamiah an illegal organisation while jailing two of its leading figures, in a move that could foreshadow a total crackdown on the radical network.
Until now, the Indonesian Government has refused to ban JI, despite members of the network being found responsible for both Bali bombings and a string of other terrorist attacks. Ministers said a ban was impractical as JI was not a "formal organisation". Yesterday the South Jakarta District Court sentenced JI's former leader Zarkasih and military commander Abu Dujana to 15 years on terrorism charges. "JI, as a corporation which one of the caretakers is the defendant, has been declared a forbidden corporation," Chief Judge Wahjono said.
The "caretaker" - Dujana - was convicted of possessing and hiding ammunition and explosives with the intention of committing terrorist acts. He was also found guilty of giving money to and hiding perpetrators of terrorism, including the Bali bombings mastermind, Noordin Top.
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