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| Indonesian Supreme Court reinstates Bashir's 15 year sentence |
| 2012-02-28 |
| Indonesia's Supreme Court has reimposed a 15-year jail term on Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts. Bashir was originally sentenced to 15 years in jail, but on appeal the High Court slashed it to nine, citing lack of evidence and old age. The court ruling reversed that earlier decision. When receiving his 15-year jail sentence by a lower court last year, Bashir rejected that verdict as the work of the devil, demonstrating to his followers that he believes the rule of law as enshrined in the country's secular, democratic constitution does not apply to him. The United States last week officially labelled the Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) group, founded by Bashir in 2008, a foreign terrorist organization, linking it to several attacks in Indonesia. |
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| Posted by: Fat Bob Unotch3711 2012-02-28 20:35 |