ABC AUSTRALIA, 22/12/2003 21:08:41
Indonesian court imposes jail sentence on explosive supplier
An Indonesian court has imposed an 18-year jail sentence on a man who supplied
Islamic militants with the explosives used in a McDonald's restaurant bombing.
Arman - alias Galaxi - was found guilty of assisting the bombing at Makassar in South
Sulawesi on December 5, 2002, and of illegal possession of firearms.
The Makassar district court found that Arman had brought the explosives from the
restive Poso district - in neighbouring Central Sulawesi - and had helped to survey
prospective targets.
Prosecutors have recommended a 20-year jail sentence for Arman.
Arman is appealing the verdict and sentence - the heaviest so far in a series of
Makassar bombing trials.
Three people including the attacker were killed in the bombing.
22/12/2003 21:08:41 | ABC Radio Australia News
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