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| Southeast Asia |
| Bali blasts probe widening, Pastika says |
| 2002-11-28 |
| Insp. gen. I Made Mangku Pastika, who heads investigation into the Bali bombing, said Thursday he was broadening the focus of the probe. The alleged mastermind of the blasts, Imam Samudra, has been implicated in other bombing cases, including in Jakarta, and has spent a long time abroad, Pastika said. He said that another key suspect who has been detained, Amrozi, "is the brother of Mukhlas, one of the main figures of the Jamaah Islamiyah." Police have arrested 15 suspects so far. Imam's lawyer, Achmad Michdan, told reporters that Imam "did not feels sorry for what he did" despite possible death sentence for the crime. "He knew the risks. He wanted to dead [sic] as a syahid," he said, referring to a Muslim who died for defending Islam. Imam had admitted that he involved a series of bombing in the city in 2000, as well as knowing the bombing in Batam island. You work hard, you play by the rules, and then as soon as you make it into middle management — bang! How does it feel to be expendable, Imam? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |