The Jakarta Post, August 31, 2004
Defense lawyers seek Ba'asyir's release
JAKARTA: Lawyers of controversial cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, a terrorist suspect
currently being held by the Jakarta prosecutor's office, launched on Monday a legal
battle to secure his release.
In a pre-trial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court, the lawyers accused police of
illegally arresting and detaining Ba'asyir under Law No. 16 on charges that he was
behind the October 2002 Bali bombings while the Constitutional Court had annulled
the law.
"With the ruling, the arrest and the detention of our client by police and the
prosecutors is arbitrary and without grounds. So, we demand that he be released
soon," said Achmad Michdan, one of the cleric's lawyers. --JP
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