Idris (self confessed Bali bomber) in clear on Bali, and laughing

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Idris in clear on Bali, and laughing
By Sian Powell, Jakarta correspondent
August 25, 2004

SELF-CONFESSED Bali bomber Idris burst into laughter in the minutes after he was cleared of a central role in the blasts that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.

Unpunished because of a U-turn in Indonesian law, Idris was the last of the captured core Bali bombers to be tried. Three of his co-conspirators -- Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra -- were last year sentenced to death for their roles in the Bali bombings, and two to life in prison.

Led away to the holding cell at the back of South Jakarta district court, Idris, alias Jhoni Hendrawan, first looked horrified and then laughed as journalists pelted him with questions about the 10-year prison sentence he had just been given for his complicity in the bomb attack on Jakarta's Marriott hotel last August, which killed 12.

"If we do anything, there's a risk," he said, from behind the bars of the holding cell. "This is the risk."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10559555%255E2703,00.html

[Nambe]

1. "If we do anything, there's a risk"

The risk of giving respect to 202 people is far different from the risk of killing 202 people. Why don't you take the risk of blowing yourself up.

[geek tragedy]

2. I understand the part about no retroactivity for the anti-terrorism law,

but isn't murdering tourists a crime in Indonesia?