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Southeast Asia
Police to lodge case against Bashir
2002-11-12
Police said on Tuesday they would finish their investigation into Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir and lodge his case with state prosecutors. Bashir, the leader of Indonesia Mujahidin Council (MMI), has been hospitalized with a convenient illness since Oct. 8, both in Surakarta and Jakarta. He has refused to answer questions over a series of bombings here in 1999 and 2000 as well as a plot to kill President Megawati Soekarnoputri. Sr. Comr. Prasetyo, a police spokesman, told a news conference that police were completing Bashir's dossier. Asked if this would occur without questioning Ba'asyir, he said: "Yes, without the questioning. If... he does not want to be questioned, we will just finish the dossier and lodge it with the court system."
"Screw him. We've got enough evidence now..."
Ba'asyir's has refused to answer questions unless the police confront him with Omar al-Faruq, who was arrested in Indonesia.
"How's a simple holy man to defend himself against these baseless charges if the witnesses can't be assassinated examined?"
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  "lodge his case"

Where?

I have a suggestion.
Posted by: Chuck   2002-11-12 15:00:57  

#1  I'm sure we'd be happy to allow the Indonesians to fly him over here to talk to Omar al-Faruq. In fact, I'm sure the Australians would be happy to fly him over if Indonesia can't afford it. They might take a turn south on the way back, but Canberra's pretty nice this time of year.
Posted by: Kathy K   2002-11-12 14:22:57  

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