INDONESIA: INDONESIAN COURT CONVENES TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON BALI BOMBING SUSPECT AMROZI

Record ID: 646609

  • Title: INDONESIA: INDONESIAN COURT CONVENES TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON BALI BOMBING SUSPECT AMROZI
  • Date: 7th August 2003
  • Summary: BALI, INDONESIA (AUGUST 7, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV: INDONESIAN POLICE OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE 0.05 2. SV/MV: INDONESIAN JUDGES AND COURT OFFICIALS ARRIVING FOR THE START OF TRIAL (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. SCU: MORE OF POLICE OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE 0.23 4. SV'S/SCU: AUSTRALIAN RELATIVES INCLUDING GEOFF PHILLIPS (WEARING RED LONG SHORTS) WAITING OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE; RELATIVES BEING SEARCHED (4 SHOTS) 0.45 5. PAN: POLICE VAN WITH AMROZI BIN NURHASYIM ON BOARD, ARRIVING AT THE COURTHOUSE 0.53 6. SV: AMROZI BEING LED OUT OF VAN 1.03 7. WS: START OF COURT PROCEEDINGS 1.12 8. MV: PEOPLE INSIDE COURTROOM; JUDGES (2 SHOTS) 1.20 9. MV: AMROZI BEING LED INSIDE COURT/ SHOUTS "BURN BURN THE JEWS!" / PUMPS HIS FIST IN AIR AND SHOUTS "ALLAH AKHBAR" 1.44 10. SV: AMROZI SMILING AS HE LISTENS TO JUDGE 2.02 11. SV: INDONESIAN JUDGE READING CHARGE SHEET 2.12 12. WIDE OF AMROZI IN FRONT OF JUDGE 2.18 13. WS/SCU: MORE OF PEOPLE INSIDE COURTROOM (2 SHOTS) 2.28 14. WIDE OF COURTROOM 2.36 15. SCU: AMROZI LISTENING 2.42 16. WS/SCU: WIDE OF COURTROOM/ AMROZI LISTENING (2 SHOTS) 2.56 17. SCU: INDONESIAN JUDGE READING CHARGE SHEET 3.00 18. SCU: MORE OF PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM 3.07 19. WIDE OF COURTROOM; MV: LAWYERS; WS/SCU: PEOPLE LISTENING (4 SHOTS) 3.28 20. VARIOUS OF LINNA RARA SANTI, 13-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF BALI BOMBING VICTIM, PUTTING PRAYER FLOWERS OUTSIDE HER HOUSE (3 SHOTS) 3.42 21. SCU: PHOTOGRAPH OF LINNA'S FATHER, A SECURITY GUARD AT THE SARI CLUB, WHO DIED DURING THE BOMBING 3.44 22. SV: LINNA INSIDE HER HOME WATCHING TRIAL LIVE ON TELEVISION 3.50 23. CLOSE UP OF TELEVISION 3.54 24. CLOSE UP OF LINNA WATCHING TELEVISION (2 SHOTS) 4.05 25. SV: SET UP OF LINNA'S MOTHER, WAYAN RASNI 4.10 26. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) WAYAN RASNI SAYING: "I want him to get the death sentence and not only him also people in his group. All of them should get the death." 4.20 27. SV: ROOM IN HOUSE 4.23 28. SET UP OF GEOFF PHILLIPS, FATHER OF BRETT, WHO SURVIVED BOMBING 4.28 29. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEOFF PHILLIPS SAYING: "Life. It's far to quick. Most people let victims suffer for a long time. He won't even suffer for along time, I think it's about the right decision. I was different, I would have liked to see him executed a while ago, when it first came up. But now, he should spend the rest of his life in jail, do it hard time like a lot of people back in Australia are doing." 5.00 30. SET UP OF POLICE CHIEF MADE MANGKU PASTIKA SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS 5.04 31. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) PASTIKA SAYING: "The modus operandi is how many commit the crime, what they use, that means they use and the target. That's the soft target, the same as in Bali, Bali is a soft target, that's the shops restaurants and hotels." 5.35 32. WIDE SHOT OF PASTIKA SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 5.40 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BALI, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVAF4QRR38EKIBJMUNIEQZG0XOQ9
  • Story Text: Indonesian judges deliver first verdict on Bali bombing
    suspect Amrozi as relatives of the victims await harshest punishment.


    Indonesian court convened on Thursday (August 7) to
    pass judgment on Amrozi who has been charged as one of the
    key plotters in last October's Bali bombings, which killed
    202 people, mainly foreigners partying in nightclubs.

    "Allahu akbar (God is the Greatest)," came a shout as
    Amrozi was being brought into the courtroom."
    Prosecutors have demanded the court to sentence Amrozi
    to death for helping to plot, organise and carry out the
    attacks.

    The verdict will be the first handed down for the
    blasts and will come just two days after a suicide bomber
    drove a van loaded with explosives similar to those used in
    Bali into luxury hotel in Jakarta, killing at least 10
    people.

    Amrozi has been dubbed the smiling bomber and his
    nonchalant behaviour in court has shocked many people.

    He and a host of other Islamic militants are supposed to
    be part of Jemaah Islmaiah (Islamic Community), a shadowy
    militant Muslim group believed to have links to Osama bin
    Laden's al Qaeda network.

    The debate over capital punishment has been an ongoing
    one. In Indonesia, the death penalty remains the punishment
    for premeditated murder, terrorism, treason, drug
    trafficking and crimes against humanity.

    Relatives of victims from the Bali bombings feel
    strongly about the death sentence for the militants.

    Thirteen-year-old Linna Rarra Santi's father was a
    victim of the Bali bombings. He was a security guard at the
    Sari Club, which was completely destroyed during the
    bombing.

    Linna is praying and anxiously watching the trial unfold
    from home.

    Her mother, Wayan Rasni is hopeful Amrozi will get the
    death sentence.

    "I want him to get the death sentence and not only him
    also people in his group. All of them should get the
    death," said Rasni.

    Geoff Phillips' had a different opinion on the death
    sentence. His son Brett was on the dance floor of Sari Club
    when the bomb exploded. Fortunately, Brett, who was in Bali
    with a rugby club from Australia survived the explosion.

    "Life. It's far to quick. Most people let victims suffer
    for a long time. He won't even suffer for along time, I
    think it's about the right decision. I was different, I
    would have liked to see him executed a while ago, when it
    first came up. But now, he should spend the rest of his
    life in jail, do it hard time like a lot of people back in
    Australia are doing," said Phillips.

    The chief of police, Made Mangku Pastika spoke to
    reporters on the nature of the crime.

    "The modus operandi is how many commit the crime, what
    they use, that means they use and the target, " said Pastika
    "That's the soft target, the same as in Bali, Bali is a
    soft target, that's the shops restaurants and hotels,"
    added Pastika.



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