Jakarta: Jemaah Islamiah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir was moved from Nusakambang prison in Cilacap, Central Java, to a jail in Bogor, about an hour’s drive from the capital Jakarta.
Bashir, 77, arrived at Gunung Sindur prison in West Java province yesterday just after noon under heavy guard, with about 300 police officers, including troops from the elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob), involved in the high-risk prisoner transfer.
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