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More on Katibah Nusantara: Military Unit Under ISIS Linked

to Jakarta Attack 

At least two civilians were killed in the attacks, the authorities said, along with fiveassailants. Weapons used by some of the attackers in front of a shopping mall inJakarta.Credit European Pressphoto Agency

he ringleader of the group accused of carrying out hursday!s attack has been identified by the chief of the Jakarta Provincial Police as "ahrun #aim, a leader of the militant group$atibah #usantara.

$atibah #usantara is a %dedicated &outheast Asian military unit' under the (slamic &tatethat represents a direct security threat to the region.

he establishment of $atibah #usantara with )alay*speaking +ihadists from (ndonesia,)alaysia and other parts of &outheast Asia is similar to the recruitment of (ndonesian and)alaysian veterans of the +ihad against the &oviet occupation of Afghanistan in the -/sto +oin Jemaah (slamiyah, but on a grander scale, according to the paper.

(n April 0/1, fighters with $atibah #usantara captured territory held by $urdish forces in&yria, a boon for its efforts to recruit new fighters and supporters among )alay speakers in&outheast Asia.

%he growing reach of $atibah #usantara could lead to its e2panding influence in (slamic&tate!s decision*making process, in turn leading (.&. giving greater priority to &outheast

Asia as its war 3one,' according to the paper.

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Indonesia's Ex- o! Jud"e #ets Li$e $or

%orru!tion

Jakarta: An anti*graft court has sentenced (ndonesia4s former top +udge to lifeimprisonment for corruption and money laundering.

Akil )ochtar was chief of the Constitutional Court when the Corruption EradicationCommission captured him red*handed last 5ctober for accepting bribes to fi2 the results oftwo local elections.

(n a verdict handed down late on )onday, a five*member panel at the anti*corruption courtfound him guilty of receiving bribes of more than 67.78 million in relation to disputes inelections for district and provincial chiefs.

(t was revealed during the trial that )ochtar had received bribes to fi2 results of at least /local elections. Presiding +udge &uwidya said there was no reason to re+ect the ma2imumlife sentence sought by prosecutors, since the defendant4s deeds tarnished the image of theConstitutional Court as the highest state institution.

he panel re+ected the prosecutors4 demand that the defendant pay a fine of 69/,///,

saying it had handed down the ma2imum penalty for the crime.

:As chief of the highest institution, the last bastion for +ustice seekers, the defendant shouldact as a good e2ample,: said &uwidya, who uses a single name like many (ndonesians.:he defendant4s acts undermined the court4s image.:

he court also found him guilty of laundering more than 61.0 million from 0//0, when hewas a legislator with the ;olkar party, until his arrest in 5ctober 0/7.

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17, said he would appeal the verdict, which he described as unfair. Endemic graft in(ndonesia has been blamed for deterring foreign investment.

Indonesia &lane %rash Kills ( In)ures *

=epresentational (mage.

Jaya!ura( Indonesia: A small passenger plane crashed today in (ndonesia4s easternmost province of Papua as it tried to land, killing one person and seriously in+uring five, a rescueofficial said.

he Cessna propeller plane operated by (ndonesian company $omala Air crashed on the

runway of #inia airport in >ahukimo district, local official ?udiatno told A@P.

here were si2 people on the plane when it went down. A technician was killed, while the pilot and the four passengers suffered serious in+uries, including broken bones. he in+uredhave been taken to hospital.

?udiatno, who like many (ndonesians goes by one name, said bad weather was thought tohave caused the crash. An A@P +ournalist in Papua said there were strong winds when theaccident happened.

he plane was flying from the town of Wamena in Papua.

?ight aircraft are commonly used for transport in remote, mountainous Papua, and badweather has caused several accidents in recent years.

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+ather o$ Indonesian ,oan Murdered in .on" Kon" Ur"es /eath $or the Accused

%ilaca!( Indonesia: he father of a young (ndonesian woman murdered in