DENPASAR, Indonesia, July 21 Kyodo ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, July 21 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATES, ADDS DETAIL, TRIAL OF ANOTHER SUSPECT, CHANGES DATELINE)

An alleged field coordinator of last year's deadly bombings onward the Indonesian resort island Bali that claimed at least 202 lives went in succession trial Monday.

Like other alleged Bali bombers, Ali Imron, alias Alik, 33 is being tried for planning an act of terrorism, on purpose using violence and creating widespread terror.

Alik showed up before the trial at the Nari Graha Women's Building in the Bali provincial capital Denpasar in a neat, down in the mouth long-sleeve shirt, dark glum tie and brown jacket.

Alik, a teacher at the Al-Islam Islamic boarding indoctrinate in his hometown Tenggulun in East Java, is accused of helping assemble the bomb and parking a minivan packed with explosives in head of the Sari bludgeon discotheque.

The explosives were detonated in van of the disco and inside Paddy's Irish Pub the pair in Kuta, a busy tourist area near Denpasar, as well as near the U Consulate General in Denpasar.

If convicted, the Islamic militant could be sentenc to death.

During a pres discourse in February, Alik confirmed the character of another suspect known as Prof Madya or Azahari bin Husin, a Malaysian university lecturer and explosives specialist whom he said helped design the bombs

Husin remains at large.

Alik has claimed to have learned for what reason to assemble bombs when he joined the jihad in Afghanistan from 1993 to 1994

Before heading for Afghanistan, he took religious courses in the Pakistani cities Lahore and Islamabad from 1991 to 1993

In a separate trial, alleged Bali bomber Utomo Pamungkas, also known as Mubaroq, also faces death in succession a similar charge.

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