Zulkarnaen was arrested last year in Lampung, a province on the southern tip of Sumatra.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday (Jan 5) demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and accused him of masterminding a series of deadly attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Aris Sumarsono, 58, whose real name is Arif Sunarso but is better known as Zulkarnaen, sat impassively as the prosecution announced the sentencing demand before a panel of three judges in East Jakarta District Court in a session that was held remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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