| |
JAKARTA : Indonesian prosecutors sought 10 years' jail Wednesday for a man accused of sheltering late terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top.
Syaifudin Zuhri, 39, is on trial for his alleged involvement in hiding and abetting Noordin as he planned twin suicide attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year which killed seven people.
"We seek 10 years' prison for Syaifudin Zuhri. He has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of hiding and assisting terrorist Noordin M. Top," prosecutor Totok Bambang told the South Jakarta district court.
Malaysian-born Noordin led a splinter group of Southeast Asian Islamist network Jemaah Islamiyah, and was one of the region's most wanted men until he was killed by Indonesian police in September.
Zuhri was a close friend as well as accomplice of Noordin's, and stood as a witness at the terror leader's third marriage in 2006, Bambang said.
He was arrested in Central Java province a month before the hotel attacks.
The trial resumes on March 24.
- AFP/vm
|
