Denpasar (Indonesia), Oct 08: Indonesian judges today jailed three men for more than four years for their part in last year's Bali bomb attacks in which 202 people died. In separate trials on the resort island, judges handed down sentences for the men accused of assisting those accused of the bombings, seen as the worst global terror acts after the September 11, 2002 attacks on the United States. Judge Cokorda Rai Suamba found one of the men, Puriyanto, guilty of having helped hide key Bali bombers Ali Imron and Mubarok while they were on the run, sentencing him to four years and eight months in jail. Puriyanto has yet to decide whether to appeal the sentence, which was lighter than the seven years sought by prosecutors, his lawyer Ari Purwanto said. At another trial in the same court, Judge Ida Bagus Jagra sentenced Sukastopo, 49, to three years for hiding information on the whereabouts of suspects sought by police.
Sukastopo, the judge said, knew that Imron and Mubarok had been taken to an isolated Indonesian island, but did not inform the authorities. Sukastopo's lawyer told the court his client would not appeal.
At a separate trial in the same court building, a panel of judges sentenced Eko Hadi Prasetyo to four years for assisting Puriyanto in taking Imron and Mubarok to the island.
Meanwhile, judges at another trial, postponed the reading of the sentence on another accomplice, Mujarot, until Monday saying that they were not yet ready with the verdict.
Bureau Report