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| Jail Guard Quizzed Over Bali Terror Laptop Link | ||
| 2006-08-28 | ||
| Jakarta, 28 August (AKI/Jakarta Post) - Indonesian police are questioning a prison guard accused of helping convicted Bali bomber Imam Samudra obtain a laptop inside his cell, which he may have used to plan the second Bali bombings. The suspect, identified as Beni, was working at Bali's Kerobokan Penitentiary when Imam was imprisoned there for his role in the first bombings on the resort island in 2002. Beni was detained last week while on duty at Puwokerto Penitentiary in Central Java. He is alleged to have received a laptop from Agung Setiadi, who was recently detained on allegations of abetting terrorism through the Internet, and then passed the computer on to Imam on death row. While police are confident that Beni provided the laptop to Imam, they say they are unsure about his motive. "We are still questioning the guard to try and find out his possible role in the terrorist bombing," National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam told The Jakarta Post.
Imam's lawyer Mahendradatta said his client denied any involvement in the second Bali bombings in 2005. "He said he never communicated with people outside of the prison over the Internet, nor did he possess a laptop. He would be pleased, of course, if he had one because he could write books using it," the lawyer said as quoted by detik.com news portal. Mahendradatta claimed authorities were fabricating links between his client and the second Bali bombings to thwart Imam's plan to file a final appeal of his conviction with the Supreme Court. Imam and two others sentenced to death over the first Bali bombings, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, have said they will filed appeals with the Supreme Court. The government delayed the executions of the three which had been scheduled for Aug. 22 to give the court time to hear the appeals. Imam, Amrozi and Mukhlas are currently being held on the island prison of Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap, Central Java. "This case has been fabricated to create an image that my client is dangerous and that he doesn't deserve forgiveness," Mahendradatta said.
Mahendradatta said Imam had been pressured to give testimony accusing Abu Bakar Ba'asyir of taking part in the bombing of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in South Jakarta. But Imam later testified in favor of Ba'asyir during his trial session, he said. | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 More likely a built-in cell phone/modem. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-08-28 19:02 |
| #1 Death Row has Wi-Fi? And an insecure Wi-Fi network to boot. I think there is a bit more to this... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-08-28 10:24 |