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| Jailed for harbouring bombers |
| 2010-07-30 |
| [Straits Times] AN INDONESIAN woman was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for sheltering and assisting terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks on two Jakarta hotels last year. Putri Munawaroh, 21, was the only suspect to survive a nine-hour shoot-out with police at her house in Central Java last September. Terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top and three other Islamist extremists including her husband were killed in the firefight. 'The defendant was proven guilty of sheltering and assisting terrorists. The defendant is sentenced to three years in prison,' Judge Ida Bagus Dwiyantara said at the South Jakarta district court. The twin attacks at luxury hotels in Jakarta on July 17 last year killed seven victims plus two suicide bombers. Thursday's sentence was lighter than the prosecutors' recommendation of eight years. 'She received a shorter sentence because we considered her young age and she also has a baby. She didn't provide assistance willingly,' Judge Dwiyantara said. Munawaroh's lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said they would appeal against the decision. |
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