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| Lawyers want Bali trials moved |
| 2003-01-07 |
| Lawyers for the Bali bomb suspects have called for the trials to be moved from the island after the second attack in two days on a member of the defence team. Lawyer Made Rachman Marasabessy said he was punched and jostled as he left a pre-trial hearing in Denpasar on Tuesday, a day after he and another lawyer were pelted with eggs. Hmmm... Getting the impression people don't like you, Made? "I was punched by someone who I couldn't see," Mr Marasabessy told El Shintra radio. "Police tried to cover me but I was hit from the side which made me fall. Getting the impression the coppers don't like you, either? The chief investigator of the Bali bombing, General I Made Mangku Pastika, has insisted the trial would stay in Denpasar. "Oh, it was just a little nudge. The flight of stairs wasn't that long. And getting hit by a flung egg doesn't really hurt, unless it hits you in the eye or something, like it did him..." Indonesian authorities hope to start putting suspects on trial as early as next month. But public anger on the island is still running high after the October bombings seriously damaged the island's image and economy. Several Balinese were among the nearly 200 mostly foreign tourists killed in the nightclub bombings. But that's okay with Islamists, 'cuz the Balinese are Hindus, so what the hell do they count for? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |