(11 Jun 2003)
1. Wide shot of courthouse
2. Various shots of security check outside courthouse
3. Wide shot of judges entering courtroom
4. Mid shot of audience
5. Close up shot of judge Mohammad Soleh opening trial session
6. Wide shot of Abu Bakar Bashir entering courtroom
7. Mid shot of prosecutors
8. Wide shot of defence lawyers
9. Mid shot of alleged Jemaah Islamiyah head of Singapore Kastari bin Mas Slamet entering courtroom
10. Cutaway of Bashir listening
11. SOUNDBITE: (Bahasa Indonesia) Mohammad Soleh, Presiding judge addressing witness Kastari Bin Mas Slamet:
A: (Kastari)"As far as I know, the closest person to him (the late Abdullah Sungkar-founder of Jemaah Islamiyah) is Abu Bakar.
Q (Judge): This Abu Bakar?
A: (Kastari): Yes
Q: (Judge): Did this man replace Abdullah Sungkar? (as head of Jemaah Islamiyah)
A: (Kastari): I do not know for sure if that is the case
12. Close up of judge
13. Wide shot of courtroom
STORYLINE:
Prosecutors in Indonesia have suffered another setback in the trial of alleged terror chief Abu Bakar Bashir after three witnesses failed to link the radical cleric with the deadly Bali bombings last year.
Prosecutors had hoped the three witnesses - who are relatives or friends of Bali bombing suspects - would testify about Bashir's role in the October 12 blasts that killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
The blasts have been blamed on the al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah. Bashir is believed to be the group's spiritual head. But the witnesses told the court they only knew Bashir from speeches he gave.
One man said although Bashir was close to the former head of Jemaah Islamiyah he was unsure Bashir was now leading the organisation.
Bashir is charged with treason, allegedly masterminding a series of church bombings in 2000 and attempting to destabilise the government. He is also charged with falsifying his identity card.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to death.
Bashir has not been charged over the Bali bombings - the worst terror attack since September 11, 2001 - but investigators have suggested he had a role in the blasts.
Bashir's trial is one of a series of high profile court cases against Islamic militants in the world's most populous Muslim country. There is intense international pressure for convictions in the wake of the Bali attack, though Indonesia's weak and corrupt legal system has often failed to mete out justice.
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