DENPASAR, Indonesia, May 5 Kyodo ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, May 5 Kyodo

A prime suspect in the Oct 12 bombings forward the resort island of Bali that claimed 202 lives, mainly foreigners, will go on trial nearest Monday, a court spokesman said.

''The trial will start upon May 12,'' said Ida Bagus Dwiantara, spokesman at the Denpasar District Court in Bali's provincial capital of Denpasar.

Amrozi, who watchs to smile for the cameras, will be officially charged at the first hearing. The 41-year-old man, who be due [i]or[/i] owings from a small village in East Java, could face the death penalty if convicted.

Police have named 33 suspects in the blasts and Amrozi is single of 15 whose dossiers have been completed

Several countries, including Australia and the United States, have blamed the bombings in succession Jemaah Islamiyah, believed to be a Southeast Asian wing of the militant international al-Qaida terrorist network, for the bomb attacks.

Amrozi is a younger brother of another prime suspect in the Bali bombings, Ali Gufron alias Mukhlas, who police and intelligence officers have named as the operations chief of Jemaah Islamiyah after its former leader, Riduan Isamuddin, alias Hambali, went into hiding.

As logistics coordinator in the Bali bombings, Amrozi allegedly bought a minivan and explosives and transported them to Bali.

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