Jakarta attacks sabotaged Abu Bakar Bashir's bid for freedom, lawyer says

By Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa
Updated January 26 2016 - 7:18pm, first published 6:48pm
Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in court in Cilacap on January 26. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in court in Cilacap on January 26. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Abu Bakar Bashir (far right) in court. Bashir's lawyer has denied Bashir had anything to do with the Jakarta terror attacks. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Abu Bakar Bashir (far right) in court. Bashir's lawyer has denied Bashir had anything to do with the Jakarta terror attacks. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Barbed wire fences off the street outside the Cilacap court where Abu Bakar Bashir is facing trial. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Barbed wire fences off the street outside the Cilacap court where Abu Bakar Bashir is facing trial. Photo: Amilia Rosa
A blocked-off street and two water cannon trucks outside the court where Abu Bakar Bashir's trial is taking place in Cilacap, Indonesia. Photo: Amilia Rosa
A blocked-off street and two water cannon trucks outside the court where Abu Bakar Bashir's trial is taking place in Cilacap, Indonesia. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Supporters of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir wait outside court in Cilacap. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Supporters of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir wait outside court in Cilacap. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Police line up outside the Cilacap court where Abu Bakar Bashir's trial is taking place in Cilacap, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Police line up outside the Cilacap court where Abu Bakar Bashir's trial is taking place in Cilacap, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Photo: Amilia Rosa
A queue outside Abu Bakar Bashir's trial on Tuesday. Photo: Amila Rosa
A queue outside Abu Bakar Bashir's trial on Tuesday. Photo: Amila Rosa

Jakarta: Abu Bakar Bashir's lawyer has forcefully denied the radical Indonesian cleric had anything to do with the Jakarta terror attacks, declaring them an attempt to sabotage his client's bid for freedom.

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