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Agus wants case thrown out...
Indonesian Islamic militant Agus Dwikarna asked a lower court on Friday to set aside his 17-year jail sentence for explosives possession, arguing that Philippines police had fabricated evidence. They just picked him at random and framed him... Reading a statement at the regional trial court, Dwikarna said: "I am not a terrorist. I know nothing about the Jemaah Islamiya or al-Qaeda and their activities." "I was just standin' there with my teeth in mouth, doin' nothin', when..." The Indonesian claimed Philippine authorities had set him up to be arrested for possession of C-4 plastic explosives, which the authorities said they seized from his baggage at a Manila airport in March. The court found him guilty on the explosives charge in July. Two Indonesians arrested with him, Abdul Jamal Balfas and Tamsil Linrung, were later released as authorities found they had not enough evidence to charge them. "C4? Ummm... Nope. Not mine. Somebody musta put it in my luggage..." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-23 |
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