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| Southeast Asia |
| 8 years for sheltering terrorists |
| 2010-06-01 |
| [Straits Times] AN INDONESIAN court on Monday sentenced a man to eight years' jail for sheltering terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks on two luxury hotels last year. Aris Susanto, 31, was convicted of hiding Syaifudin Jaelani, who recruited the bombers, and a florist called Ibrohim who helped the bombers access the central Jakarta hotels ahead of the July 17 attacks that killed seven people. He 'made it difficult for law enforcement officers in their hunt for perpetrators of terrorism,' chief judge Haswandi told the South Jakarta district court. 'His actions also tarnished the image of the nation in the eyes of the international community.' Jaelani and Ibrohim were killed in police raids after the bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, an attack masterminded by Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top. Noordin was killed in a shootout with police in September, ending a massive manhunt for one of South-east Asia's most-wanted men. Susanto also accompanied Noordin on a trip to meet accomplices in West Java ahead of the hotel bombings, Haswandi said. |
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