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ive men linked to several acts of terrorism across the nation were sent to prison on Monday after judges in separate trials at the West Jakarta District Court found them guilty of terrorism.

All five were said to be members of a terror network led by convict Abu Umar, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May for attempting to smuggle firearms from the Philippines into Indonesia, among other crimes.

The five convicts were identified as Satimin, alias Mustaqim, Benny Hidayat, Diyan Adi, Riyan Adi and Sugiarto. The court on Monday found them guilty of violating articles 7, 9, and 11 of the 2003 Terrorism Law.

Satimin and Sugiarto were each sentenced to four years in prison for the illegal storage of firearms for terrorism purposes. The sentences were lower than the prosecutors’ demand of six years.

Prosecutor Nurlan said that both Satimin and Sugiarto had received orders to keep a weapon stash for jihad purposes in retaliation for violent attacks against Muslims.

Both had also taken part in paramilitary training in South Sulawesi in 2008, Nurlan said.

“After some discussion, I can say that both accept the sentence,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.

Another terrorist convict, Benny Hidayat, was sentenced to five years in prison for instructing Satimin and Sugiarto to hide the firearms.

Benny’s sentence was also lower than the prosecutors’ demand of seven years. “Benny is still thinking over whether to appeal or not. The judge has given him seven days to consider,” Benny’s lawyer, Tamin Idris, said.

The third convict, identified as Diyan Adi, received a four-year prison sentence for helping to transfer money to buy weapons in the Philippines for Umar’s terror network.

The court also found Diyan guilty of hiding information about the network’s activities. Tamin, who also represented Diyan, said that Diyan had accepted the sentence.

In the fourth separate hearing, Riyan Adi was sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in prison for paying Rp 10 million (US$1,050) to procure firearms for the terror network.

Riyan said that he would mull over the next seven days whether to appeal or not. “[Riyan] did what he did due to a misunderstanding. He thought the money was for alms. He didn’t know that the money was used to buy weapons,” his lawyer, Ahid Syaroni, said.