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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 14, 2002
Indonesia

An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating...

An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said

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An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said.
In further chilling evidence of the resolve of the bombers who killed nearly 200 people, most of them foreign tourists, the police officer leading the investigation described Amrozi as calm, focused and often displaying a sense of humour.
Major-General Made Mangku Pastika also said the fresh-faced Amrozi was one of three men who hatched the bomb plot, not the foot soldier carrying out orders he has been portrayed as.
"He has never regretted what he did. When I asked him 'are you afraid to face the death penalty?' he said 'no, that's the risk I had to take. As long as I accomplish what I think is right then that's it'," Pastika told a small group of reporters.
Australians expressed outrage at images of a happy, joking Amrozi when he was questioned the previous day by the national police chief in the full media glare.
"I think these people are so bloodthirsty. Their sort of ugly, sneering, amused attitude at the slaughter of innocent people, it's just horrific that there are people like that," Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told reporters in Australia.
Amrozi faces the death penalty under tough anti-terrorism regulations issued in the aftermath of the October 12 Bali blasts.
Up to 90 Australians were among the more than 180 people murdered.
Police have not said if the group took orders from others, but suspicion has fallen on Jemaah Islamiah, a Southeast Asian militant Muslim network linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda.
When asked about who came up with the idea to bomb Bali, Pastika said: "There were three people, Idris, Imam Samudra and Amrozi."
Police named seven people as suspects, but Amrozi is the only one arrested so far.
Earlier police said Amrozi was a student of Abu Bakar Bashir - the alleged spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah.
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  • (Sources: Reuters website, 14/11/2002)