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Bali, Jakarta bombings suspect Hambali to be tried on Aug 30 by US military
Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali, will face a formal arraignment in front of a military commission in Guantanamo Bay on Aug 30.PHOTO: US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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In Guantanamo: Last known picture of Hambali believed to be taken in 2003. The Star
IT has taken more than 18 years but finally Indonesian terrorist Riduan Isamuddin @ Hambali and his two Malaysian lieutenants – Mohammed Farik Amin and Mohammed Nazir Lep – will be formally charged for their terror acts.
Farik and Nazir will become the first Malaysians to be charged with terrorist activities in a US court.
The Star first reported in 2009 of the plan by the United States to charge the three, regarded as “highly dangerous” by international intelligence agencies.
Farik and Nazir were members of the outlawed radical Jemaah Islamiyah, which wanted to set up a pan-Islamic region spanning Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei through violent means, and the al-Qaeda terror network.
From left: Hambali, Mohammed Nazir Lep and Mohammed Farik Amin.
WASHINGTON (AFP): US military prosecutors have filed formal charges against an Indonesian militant and two Malaysians in the 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 Jakarta attack, the Pentagon said Thursday (Jan 21).
The charges were filed nearly 18 years after the three were captured in Thailand and after each has spent more than 14 years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The first charged was Indonesian militant Riduan Isamuddin, better known by his nom de guerre Hambali, the leader of the Indonesian jihadist group Jemaah Islamiyah and believed to have been Al-Qaeda’s top representative in the region.
Nearly two decades later, Malaysians in Guantanamo prison charged over Indonesian bombings Coconuts 22/1/2021 Coconuts KL Mugshots of Mohammed Nazir Lep, at top left, and Mohamad Farik Amin, at bottom left, with a memorial tribute to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings. Photos: Bashir Lap/Wikidata and Simon Petersen.
The U.S. has officially charged two Malaysians and an Indonesian over bombings in Jakarta and Bali nearly two decades ago.
Mohammed Nazir Lep, 44, from Johor and Mohamad Farik Amin, 45, from Selangor were said to be the two lieutenants who had reported to Indonesian Riduan Isamuddin, 56, when bombings took place in Bali in 2002 and Jakarta in the following year.