Perfidy Play

Abu Bakar Baasyir has been sentenced to four years in prisona term far lower than that called for by prosecutors.

September 9, 2003

ABU Bakar Baasyir repeatedly tapped the empty chair beside him during the Central Jakarta District Courts reading of its verdict over him. Those present in court must have been uncertain whether Baasyir was praying or whether the tapping was merely a nervous reaction. At one point, Baasyir looked up at judicial panel chairperson, Justice Muhamad Sholeh, who was reading out the courts deliberations. Finally, Sholeh read out the verdictBaasyir was

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