Perhaps the most encouraging development of detained Muslim cleric and
alleged Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Abubakar Ba'asyir's first day in
court last Wednesday was what happened outside of it: nothing. Only a
handful of curious passersby peeked into the Bureau of Meteorology and
Geophysics in North Jakarta, where the proceedings are being held.
Security was conspicuously light; police were armed only with batons.
Abubakar, who maintains his innocence, sat impassively as prosecutors
read out the four charges against him: treason, plotting to assassinate
the President and two immigration violations.
Just...
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