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Bali bomber to marry as execution looms

12/05/2008 4:54:47 PM
Indonesian authorities have accused death row Bali bomber Amrozi of trying to stir up publicity by taking another wife at the island prison were he is held.The so-called smiling assassin, Amrozi Nurhasyim, is expected to marry again today despite his looming execution.He is pressing ahead with the religious service, despite Indonesian authorities saying they would not grant him an official permit. But his lawyer insists the union will be recognised under Islamic law.Family members - including Amrozi's first wife - are due to attend the ceremony to wed his new bride, Khoiriyanah, at Central Java's Batu Prison, on Nusakambangan Island, known as Indonesia's Alcatraz.His brother Ali Ghufron, aka Mukhlas - who also planned the 2002 Bali Bombings in which 202 people died - will perform a religious rite during the festivities, lawyer Achmad Michdan said recently.Central Javas Justice and Human Rights spokesman Bambang Winahyo last week said he had rejected a request for a wedding at the prison, saying it should have been made to the Attorney General's office.The Attorney General's office says it is yet to receive a request for the wedding ceremony. But spokesman B D Nainggolan said there was no law that would stop a death row inmate from marrying.Amrozi's lawyer Michdan said the event would go ahead as planned.Nainggolan dismissed the wedding as a publicity stunt."All this is just to make a sensation only," Nainggolan said."It has no relevance to his punishment, so let's not exaggerate this issue."Under Islamic custom men can take up to four wives in Indonesia if they have the means to provide for them.The two brothers, along with Islamic extremist Imam Samudra, are all on death row in the island prison for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings. Eighty-eight Australians died in the blasts.The three convicted terrorists are awaiting a decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court about whether they will be allowed yet another review of their cases.Meanwhile, Indonesian authorities are moving ahead with plans to execute the men, but have said they will halt proceedings if there is a further legal challenge.The three terrorists have repeatedly said they are ready to die and have shown no remorse for the non-Muslim victims of their attack.Nonetheless, their lawyers have stalled the execution process, with a series of case reviews.AAP
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