Jail sought for Aceh terror camp suspect

Jail sought for Aceh terror camp suspect


September 15, 2011 - 5:59PM .


AP

Prosecutors are seeking a 12-year jail sentence for one of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects on charges of helping set up a terrorist training camp.

State prosecutor Bambang Suharijadi told a sentencing hearing in Jakarta on Thursday that Abu Tholut was guilty of helping set up a jihadist camp for a group that plotted attacks on foreigners and assassinations of the country's moderate Muslims leaders.

The 50-year-old Tholut is one of more than 120 alleged members of the "Tanzim al Qaeda in Aceh" group to have been captured or killed since the camp in westernmost Aceh province was raided early last year.

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He was arrested in December and went on trial in June. The judges are expected to issue their verdict next month.

Also in June, hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced to 15 years in jail after being convicted of inciting terrorism and funding a terrorist cell discovered at the paramilitary camp in Aceh.

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