JAKARTA: Militant Muslim cleric Abubakar Ba'ashir was yesterday charged under tough anti-terror laws for a deadly attack on a hotel here, but despite mounting international pressure Indonesian prosecutors say he will not be directly tried for the Bali bombings.
Abubakar was also charged with heading the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah terror group, blamed for both the August 2003 Jakarta Marriott hotel blast which killed 12 and the October 2002 Bali bomb strikes in which 202 died.
