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| Indonesian Brought To Court For Sending False Bomb Messages |
| 2005-08-23 |
| PENANG, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- A salesman from Medan, Indonesia was brought to two Magistrates Courts here for sending false short messaging service (SMS) about a bomb, causing fear among the public, two weeks ago. At Magistrate Court 1, Kurniawan, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of spreading a message through the SMS, causing public fear. The SMS said: "Hello, I'm the one of al qaeda member. I want to tell u, about Libenny. He is on the way to go to Penang International Airport. He want to put the bomb at there and want to hijack the lion airlines. Dun thanks for me, bcos I don want see any accident or incident in Malaysia. I love Malaysia." He was alleged to have committed the offence at the Penang Police Contingent Headquarters Operations Room at about 10.09am on Aug 10. Magistrate Priscila H.N. Rajan fixed Oct 5 for facts and sentence. In Magistrate Court 2, Kurniawan also pleaded guilty to making a statement which caused public betrayal through the SMS that a bomb had been placed at the Komtar, Burma House and Gurney Drive. He was alleged to have committed the offence at the same place at about 8.06pm on Aug 9. Magistrate Ainul Shahrin Mohamad fixed Oct 5 for facts and sentence and ordered that Kurniawan's passport be held until further proceedings. No bail was allowed. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 The guy will be punished harshly. It's a bad fault, for a muslim, to send FALSE bomb messages. He must have been already tortured: WHY THERE WAS NO BOMB THERE ? ARE YOU A FRIEND OF THE INFIDELS ? WHY HAVEN'T YOU BOMBED ANY DISCO OR PIZZERIA THIS MONTH ? |
| Posted by: Poitiers-Lepanto 2005-08-23 11:01 |