An East Java trader who sold the chemicals allegedly used in last year’s Bali nightclub bombings, was on Thursday sentenced to seven months in jail for not possessing a valid business license. Silvester Tendean, who owns a chemicals store in Surabaya, East Java, was the first suspect to be tried in connection with the October 12 explosions that killed 202 people. He had initially faced the maximum penalty of death under tough new anti-terrorism legislation, but judges at Surabaya District Court said he was not part of the group of Muslim militants that plotted the bombings. "Tendean was given a light sentence for selling chemicals without a permit because there was no proof he was part of the bomb plot," presiding judge Muhammad Alim was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse.
| I actually agree with this verdict, I guess. Somehow I can't see somebody named Sylvester as a bloodthirsty terrorist. |
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