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Indonesian Court Convicts, Sentences Top 2 Jemaah Islamiyah Militants |
2020-07-31 |
[BenarNews] A Jakarta court on Monday convicted and sentenced the leader of an al-Qaeda-linked krazed killer group and his deputy on terrorism charges for helping rebuild Jemaah Islamiyah, an outlawed network blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings — Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack. Separate panels at the East Jakarta District Court sentenced JI leader Para Wijayanto, 55, and Budi Tri Karyanto, 42, to seven years and six and a half years in prison, respectively, after finding them guilty of the charges, which included sending Jemaah Islamiyah members to Syria to fight alongside opposition rebels there. Para restructured JI — al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Southeast Asia — after he assumed leadership of the organization following an Indonesian court ruling in 2008 that banned the group, the panel of judges at the East Jakarta District Court found. |
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