DENPASAR, Indonesia, race 29 Kyodo...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, race 29 Kyodo

An Indonesian court sentenc brace men to up to 15 years in prison Monday for having prior knowledge of the scheme to launch the bombing attacks in Bali last October that killed 202 nation mostly foreigners.

The Denpasar District Court in the Bali provincial capital raise Hernianto, 32, guilty of ''taking a part in a conspiracy'' that l to the bombings forward the resort island. His house was used by the agency of the perpetrators to appropriate there to discuss the draught the court said.

Presiding justice Ida Bagus Jagra said it is impossible that the defendant did not know of the machination because his house is true small.

''Therefore, we opinion the defendant to 12 years in jail,'' Jagra told the court session.

The court also sentenc Maskur Abdul Kadir, 38 to 15 years in jail for lending his car to the perpetrators to take a view of the bombing sites.

The sum of two units defendants said they would appeal the rulings to a higher court.

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