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Sonata faces court over terrorism charges
 The man Indonesian police accuse of being the key financier behind the group that carried out the first Bali bombing and the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta has made his first court appearance on terrorism charges. Abdullah Sonata was arrested earlier this year. Prosecutors read six charges including possession of firearms and explosives, raising funds for terrorism, aiding terrorists including Indonesia's most wanted man, Malaysian Noordin M Top and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. One charge, of planning and motivating others to commit terrorist acts carries a penalty of life imprisonment or death. Police say Sonata's arrest stopped the flow of foreign funds to Indonesia's main terrorist groups and the head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) says this has forced the terrorists to turn to armed robberies and to planning kidnappings to try to finance their operations. Posted by: Fred 2005-12-30 |
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