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| Southeast Asia |
| Bali bomber claims he had 1,001 chances to escape |
| 2007-11-13 |
| A reformed Indonesian Islamic militant sentenced to life for the 2002 Bali bombings has said he passed up numerous chances to escape because he was committed to helping police, a leading news magazine said. Ali Imron, who was charged with coordinating the bombing operation and helping make the bombs used in the nightclub attacks that killed more than 200 people, escaped the death sentence because he was remorseful. As a repentant militant, he has been given lenient treatment by police for helping them provide information on fugitives linked to a series of bomb attacks that have rocked the country in recent years. Tempo news weekly magazine said Imron had an expensive mobile phone and his cell block was equipped with a treadmill and a ping pong table so that he and fellow inmates can exercise. “If I wanted to, I had 1,001 chances (to escape). But for what? I’m sticking to the commitment I have made with the police,” Imron told Tempo in an interview. Three people, including Imron’s two brothers, were sentenced to death for the Bali bombings and are expected to face a firing squad after their final appeals were rejected two months ago. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The other great thing about Indonesian workers is that it is easy to get rid of garbage, junk, salvage, etc. What you do is put it all outside at night and put a small snow-fence around it. Next day it is gone. If you didn't enclose it - it would still be there the next day. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back!` 2007-11-13 12:34 |
| #1 Besides, the prison digs are better then sleeping in the ditches and stealing mangoes in the morning. That gets old real fast. That's what my father-in-law (rest his soul) discovered when he hired private detectives to see why Indonesians worked less when he paid more money. It seems that the workers would just sleep along the road and steal the food they needed from trees... Even with his wages they couldn't afford movies or pinball or recreation in the Rich/Poor society of Indonesia.... so he cut their wages to 1/10th of what they were and built a huge rec and movie center were every thing required a company token. You got so many tokens every hour worked. His workers quickly went from 2 days work a week to 60 hour weeks...) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-13 11:31 |