Thursday, February 10, 2011

Court delayed issuing Ba’asyir summons: Prosecutors

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 02/10/2011 2:21 PM | National

South Jakarta Prosecutors Office says the district court was responsible for the late summons issued for a hearing on Thursday to noted terrorism defendant Abubakar Baasyir, which had led to the postponement of the hearing.

At the first hearing of his terrorism trial on Thursday, Baasyir immediately said he had received the official court summons too late, and the panel of judges at South Jakarta District Court subsequently postponed the hearing until Monday.

“We gave the order and informed Ba’asyir [regarding the hearing],” prosecutors' office chief M. Yusuf, said Thursday in Jakarta, adding that his office had only received the summons letter on Monday.

“The summons should have been issued on February 4, given that February 5-6 was a weekend,” he said, as quoted by Antara.

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