The following is an edited text of Australian Prime...

The following is an edited text of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's response to the guilty verdict against Bali bomber Amrozi: "Good evening. I'm sure that I speak for all Australians in welcoming the guilty verdict handed down by the court in Indonesia in relation to Amrozi's role in the murder of 88 Australians amongst a total of 202 people at Bali in October last year. Most of all I hope that this verdict provides some sense of comfort to those who lost their loved ones in this tragedy and that they feel that in some way justice has been done and at least one of the people responsible for what was described by one of the trial judges as a crime against humanity as well as a crime of murder, that in some way they have been properly brought to justice. So far as the imposition of the death penalty is concerned, it will not be the intention of the Australian Government to make any representations to the Government of Indonesia that that penalty not be carried out? The Indonesian court has applied it (the death penalty) and I accept that. I respect the jurisdiction of the Indonesian court and I do not intend to make any representations that it not be carried out. If it's the view of the Indonesian court that it be carried out, then it should be carried out. These crimes were committed in Indonesia and the law of that country must prevail."