From left: Detained Indonesian militants Leonard Hutajulu, Hadi Gusti Yanda, Gigih Rahmat Dewa, Tarmiji, Trio Syafrido, and Eka Saputra attend a hearing at the East Jakarta court in Jakarta on June 7, 2017. -AFP
JAKARTA: Six Indonesian militants were jailed Wednesday for harbouring two Uighurs who entered the country to fight with extremists linked to the Islamic State (IS) group, but were cleared of plotting to fire a rocket at Singapore.
The militants were detained last year after authorities foiled the alleged IS-linked plot to shoot a rocket at an upmarket waterfront district of Singapore from the nearby Indonesian island of Batam. This charge was not proven in court.
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