Uygur jailed after trying to join extremist group
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AN Indonesian court yesterday jailed a China’s Uygur ethnic for six years after he was caught trying to join an Islamic extremist group led by the country’s most wanted militant.
Ahmed Bozoglan was arrested last September on the island of Sulawesi as he and three other members of the mostly Muslim ethnic minority attempted to meet Santoso, leader of a group known as the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen.
The three others were each jailed for six years earlier this month.
Santoso’s group, which hides out in the jungle, is considered one of the few remaining extremist outfits that pose a serious threat in Indonesia and has been accused of deadly attacks on police.
Santoso has also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Presiding Judge Houtman Tobing said Bozoglan, 28, was guilty of an “evil conspiracy” for seeking to join the Islamic militant group and had also breached immigration laws by entering Indonesia using a fake Turkish passport.
“The defendant’s deeds caused anxiety and fear,” Tobing told a court in Jakarta.
Bozoglan was also ordered to pay a fine of 100 million rupiah (US$7,400) or spend an additional six months in jail.
Indonesia is home to the world’s biggest Muslim population of about 225 million.
It has suffered a string of Islamic militant attacks in the past 15 years, including the 2002 Bali bombings that left 202 people dead.
A crackdown in recent years has largely dismantled the most dangerous networks.
Some Uygurs from northwest China’s Xinjiang region are believed in recent years to have illegally traveled through Southeast Asia in the hope of getting into Turkey.
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