http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.3684905 44&par=0> &loid=8.0.368490544&par=0 TERRORISM: INDONESIAN MILITANT SENTENCED IN EMBASSY BOMBING
Surabaya, East Java, 13 Dec. (AKI/Jakarta Post) - A court in East Java has sentenced an Islamic militant to three years in prison for hiding 20 kilogrammes of explosives that were later used in the September 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, which killed 9 and Jakarta killed 9 and injured 140. The Surabaya District Court found Ahmad Arif Hermansyah guilty of aiding one of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorists, the fugitive Malaysian bombmaker Noordin M. Top, as well as involvement in the Australian Embassy bombing. Prosecutor Effendi had been seeking a five-year sentence for the 27-year-old website designer state electricity company PT PLN. Ahmad Arif, who studied electronics at Indonesia's Surabaya Institute of Technology, was arrested in March 2006 by anti-terror police in East Java on charges of possessing two boxes containing 20 kilogrammes of TNT that were later used in the Australian embassy bombing. Presiding judge M. Yunus Wahab said that witness testimony proved Ahmad was given the explosives by a man identified as Untung, who is still at large. He then stored the TNT at his home in Surabaya for two weeks. "Ahmad Arif is considered to have participated in terrorism by intentionally assisting terrorist suspects. He also failed to notify the authorities of the contents of the boxes, which contained 20 kilograms of TNT," Judge Yunus said. Upon hearing the verdict, Ahmad's mother, Aisyah Ahmad Basilim, 54, who was in the courtroom, began crying uncontrollably. His brother, Arif, 26, shouted out that the verdict was "cruel." "My brother is innocent. He didn't know what was in the boxes. We're Muslims who would not open up a box entrusted to us by a friend. Our family is ready to defend my brother to the death," Arif said. Hermansyah's lawyer, Fachmi Bachmit, said he would appeal the decision. He said the verdict should be thrown out because there was no material evidence provided linking his client to the crime. He said the court could not prove that Ahmad was aware the boxes contained explosives destined to be used in a terrorist attack. Ahmad is one of more than 200 terror suspects rounded up in Indonesia since al-Qaeda's attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. The country has been hit by a series of deadly terrorist attacks against Western interests since 2002, with more than 240 people killed. Two weeks ago, the Semarang District Court in Central Java found two men guilty of assisting Noordin. Subur Sugiarto, alias Abu Mujahid, was sentenced to life in prison and Ardi Wibowo to six years for aiding the Malaysian bombmaker while he was on the run in the province in 2005. 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