Bali three further delay death sentence verdict
BALI – Three Muslim militants have made fresh attempts to avoid a firing squad for their part in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, arguing the verdicts violated the constitution.
Prosecutors claimed the appeals to the Supreme Court, known as a judicial review, were inadmissible because the militants already filed the same petitions last year. Judges rejected those petitions.
A judicial review is the final level of appeal in Indonesia and generally requires that new evidence be submitted.
The 2002 nightclub bombings killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
The three death row militants – Imam Samudra, Amrozi, and his elder brother Ali Gufron have admitted taking part in the attacks.
Lawyer Fahmi Bachmid said their convictions were illegal because they were based on anti-terror laws passed after the attack. Indonesia’s constitution does not allow laws to be applied retroactively.
Prosecutors called on judges to throw out the appeals, which were lodged at a court in Denpasar, and will be submitted to the Supreme Court for consideration.
A ruling could be several months away.
Still in Bali, newswire Bali Update (www.balidiscovery.com) has reported that police have made an arrest in the February 10, 2008, murder of a 34-year-old Australian woman in Canggu.
Police apprehended Nuryanto Din Sudar (27) In Tegal at a Central Java bus station on February 20, after tracking his movements via a hand phone taken in the course of the murder of the Sydney woman.
A suspected accomplice in the crime, Achmad Fahrul Arozi, is still at large and being sought by police.
Ian Jarrett
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