A prison warden supplied convicted Bali bomber Imam Samudra with a laptop computer which allowed him to plot other attacks from his cell on death row, an Indonesian court heard today. Benny Irawan, alias Abu Hanafi, 29, | Abu HANAFI? That might be your first clue... |
"The defendant had intentionally provided assistance or facilities to a terrorist," prosecutor Didik Joko told the court.
Mr Joko said that Mr Samudra - sentenced to death over his key role in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists - used the laptop to stay in contact with other Muslim militants. But he did not confirm press reports quoting police sources who said that Samudra had helped plan other attacks, including the 2005 Bali suicide bombings that killed 20 bystanders.
The indictment said that Samudra had sent money to Agung Setyadi, who is to be tried separately, to buy the laptop and send it to Mr Irawan in Bali. Setyadi and another man, Agung Prabowo, are both accused of creating a terrorism website, with tips on attacking foreigners, on the orders of Samudra. The website was active from June to October 2005. Their trials are scheduled to open at the same court later Monday.
Samudra and fellow Bali bombers Amrozi and Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, are all on death row. Mukhlas has preached to other Muslim militants by mobile phone from his Bali jail cell, according to a report to parliament earlier this month by police chief General Sutanto. All three were moved to a high security island jail off the southern coast of Central Java in October 2005, with the authorities citing security reasons..