Another Amnesty for Members of JI: Indonesia Continues to Offend Australia
By Zachary Abuza
Ten of the 33 individuals arrested in conjunction with the 12 October 2002 bombing on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, had their sentences reduced as part of an annual national independence day amnesty (54,000 criminals had their sentences reduced). One, Puryanto, who was arrested for harboring some of the bombers, walked free as a result of his three month remission. Three of the Bali bombers, Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra remain on death row. Despite their previous pledges that they wanted to die as martyrs, they have all appealed their sentences. Their executions are schedueled to take place on or around 22 August. A fourth bomber, Ali Imron, received a life sentence.
The release has provoked outrage in Australia, which lost more than 80 of its nationals in the attack and whose embassy in Jakarta was bombed by members of Jemaah Islamiyah on 9 September 2004. Australia has provided significant technical, personnel, financial and educational assistance to Indonesia’s counter-terrorism efforts.
from counterterrorismblog.org
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"Another Amnesty for Members of JI: Indonesia Continues to Offend Australia"
By Zachary Abuza
(August 18, 2006)