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One of Indonesia’s most-wanted terror masterminds, Umar Patek, faces his first trial at the West Jakarta District Court today.

The prosecutors have leveled multiple charges at Patek, and if convicted he could face a life sentence.

Rather unusually, the trial is led by a panel of judges comprising five judges instead of the usual three. The panel is led by presiding judge Lexsy Mamonto.

More than 250 uniformed police officers have been deployed to safeguard the trial, which has attracted the attention of dozens of journalists, both local and foreign.

Your comments:

It is praiseworthy to see the smiles and friendly attitude of prosecutors while shaking hands with terrorist charged Umar Patek.

It shows the prosecutors are civilized people who respect Umar Patek as a human being despite his inhuman behavior.
Widya Utama
Bergen, Norway

Take him to an undisclosed location along with his friends and relatives and interrogate them.
David K
Jakarta

This is an ideal opportunity for intelligence officials to interrogate Patek for more information regarding the purchase of the chemicals and materials for the bombs used in Bali.

One Surabaya shop owner was arrested for selling some of the chemicals to the terrorists for the 700-kilogram bomb.

But where were the remainder of the bomb chemicals sourced from? This has never been reported.

Come on Patek, be a real martyr; no special deals with the authorities – tell us who else was involved.
Burnie
Jakarta