Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Not Tried Soon As The Densus Are No Longer Poured With Funds By America

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JAKARTA – The Team of Advocates for Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (TAABB ) paid the South Jakarta District Court a visit, on Thursday (27/1/11), demanding the release of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir whose case until now has not been delegated to the court.

The TAABB deplored the slow process of handling, as well as the transfer of case files to the court. The slow process of handling Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir's case according to TAABB is caused by the prosecutors having not obtained sufficient evidence.

Wirawan Adnan, one of the lawyers of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir said that the prosecutors are not too excited in processing the case of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir because they are no longer assisted by the Densus 88 which are no longer receiving the funding from the United States.

"The prosecutors are not able to proceed with the case of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir with a hurrah because the fund of the Densus 88 is already dry after no longer financed by the US, to make it work as other cases. This case is dry," he asserted.

Ustadz Abu Better Be Released

Besides Wirawan Adnan, another lawyer of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba'asyir who came to the District Court was Ahmad Michdan. Michdan appeared to be accompanied by two of his fellow lawyer colleagues, Mahendradatta and Made Rahmat. They were received by the Head of the South Jakarta District Court, M Yusuf.

Michdan explained that his client had been detained for five months. In such a long period, the prosecutors still could not afford to complete the files. He then claimed that his client's rights have been violated.

"This is a human right violation against our client. He is not a threat and he would not run out of the country. So he should not be detained," he explained.

"By the 10th February, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's detention period will be over. That if hitherto he still could not be brought to justice, then he better be released," one of the members of the Team of Advocates, Achmad Michdan, said at the South Jakarta District Court, Rumbai Street, Thursday (27/1/2011).

[muslimdaily.net/SI/detik]