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| KOMPAK member goes on trial in Indonesia |
| 2006-01-10 |
| An Islamic militant suspected of smuggling firearms for terrorist operations went on trial in Jakarta Monday. Prosecutors accused Enceng Kurnia, 33, of providing four Chinese-made handguns to another militant named Ahmad Rofiq Ridho, who allegedly passed them on to top terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top, The Australian reported. Kurnia is also accused of providing a pistol to another militant, Purnama Putra, 24, who is on trial for acquiring electronic devices, detonators and chemicals for making bombs. Ridho is also being tried separately for allegedly surveying bombing targets, including a Christian school in East Java, under orders from Top. Kurnia, Putra and Ridho belong to a militant Islamic group called Kompak, with links to the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah. Ridho is the brother of Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, a key member of the terror group, who was killed by Philippine troops in 2003. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |