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January 9, 2006
Indonesia: Another Islamist In Court On Terrorism Charges
The Jakarta Post reports that today, another Islamist has gone on trial in Jakarta, on charges of smuggling firearms for terrorist operations. Some of these weapons, it is claimed in the report from AFP sources, were then in the hands of Noordin Top, the Islamist from Jemaah Islamiyah who is currently a fugitive, and subject to a national manhunt.
At South Jakarta district court, 33 year old Enceng Kurnia is said, between April and September 2004 to have committed the "crime of terrorism by illegally possessing firearms and ammunition'.
Enceng gave four Chinese-made handguns to Ahmad Rofiq Ridho, who then passed them on to Noordin Mohamed Top, prosecutors claim.
He is further accused of smuggling a pistol from Ambon in the Moluccas and passing it to an extremist named Purnama Putra in Solo, a town on Central Java.
Ahmad Rofiq Ridho, as we reported earlier, is the brother of Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, who was shot dead on October 13, 2003 in the Philippines, following a prison-break. Ahmad is currently on trial for surveying possible bomb targets, including a Christian school.
Purnama, aged 24, is on trial separately, charged with acquiring detonators, chemicals and related items used for bomb-making, on a contract from Noordin Top.
Enceng, Purnama, Ahmad and Abdullah Sonata all belong to a group known as Kompak, which made videos documenting alleged atrocities against Muslims in Poso in Central Sulawesi and Ambon in Maluku province.
Abdullah Sonata is currently on trial in South Jakarta district court. He is charged with raising funds for terrorism, and also is accused of passing the four handguns to Noordin Top.
There are six other individuals currently on trial in Indonesia on terror charges.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 9, 2006 12:58 PM
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