US aims start to Bali bombing war crimes case at Guantanamo

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NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba: Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center are expected to get their first day in court after being held for 18 years in connection with the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and other plots in Southeast Asia. Indonesian prisoner Encep Nurjaman, known as Ha

Nurjaman was a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group with ties to Al-Qaeda. The US government says he recruited militants, including bin Lep and the other Malaysian charged in the case, Mohammed Farik bin Amin, for jihadist operations.

Prosecutors allege bin Lep and the other Malaysian, Mohammed Farik bin Amin, served as intermediaries in the transfer of money used to fund the group's operations. It is unclear why it is taken so long to charge them before the military commission. Military prosecutors filed charges against the men in June 2017, but the Pentagon legal official who oversees Guantanamo cases rejected the charges for reasons that have not been publicly disclosed.

 

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