Bali bombers given 30-day deadline
JAKARTA – Three Bali bombers on death row will have another 29 days from today to lodge an appeal for presidential clemency or their executions will be carried out, a state prosecutor said.
Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Ghufron played key roles in the 2002 bombings on the mainly Hindu resort island, which left 202 people dead.
The trio was yesterday set to receive copies of a Supreme Court rejection of their demand for a case review at their jail on Nusakambangan island off the south coast of Central Java, A.H. Ritonga, a junior state prosecutor, told a press conference.
“We are going to submit the copies of the case review verdict today to Cilacap,” he said, referring to the district where the jail is located.
“We will count 30 days starting from the moment they receive the copy until when their execution may take place, if they do not submit a request for clemency,” he said.
The outcome will be watched closely in Australia where many of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings lived.
Any attempt to delay the executions of the bombers could result in a backlash against Bali which has seen fewer Australian visitors since 2002.
Australia has been accused of double standards in seeking the execution of the Bali bombers while calling for clemency for six young Australians who were convicted of drug running in Bali and face the death penalty.
Timings and locations of executions in Indonesia, which take place by firing squad, are kept secret, though officials have said the execution of the three bombers would not take place on the island of Bali.
A lawyer for the three inmates, Achmad Michdan, has told reporters that he would complain over the way the Supreme Court considered the case review.
“Presidential clemency is not our concern for the time being, as we are now focusing instead on a complaint letter about the due processes of law being followed over the case review,” he said.
“There was no appropriate process followed as required by Indonesian rule of law. We want the judges who worked on this to be examined,” he said, adding that he would submit the letter as soon as he received a copy of the verdict.
“It might postpone the executions,” he added.
The 2002 bombings were blamed on the militant Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network and the three men admitted during trial that they were JI members.
Ian Jarrett
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