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Foreign ministry comment on Bali bomb convictions, Hambali

(8 Sep 2006) 1. Exterior of Indonesia's foreign ministry 2. Wide of Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman speaking to media 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman: "I think it is only natural for every government in which their citizen abroad is sentenced to death. And I believe our government, and also in the past we have done it, we are going to do the same thing, ask for clemency for our citizen abroad (Hambali, an Indonesian al-Qaida-linked militant detained at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay)." 4. Cutaway of media 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman: "They have the right to say anything but we have also a sovereign right and we have an independent court and it is up to them, and this is our law." 6. Cutaway of media 7. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman: "The Indonesian government is pleased to know that Hambali (an Indonesian al-Qaida-linked militant currently detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba) is alive and there are some leads on what step will be imposed on him in the future." 8. Medium of Percaya speaking to media 9. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman: "If there will be a trial (for Hambali), we have to make sure that he is given a fair trial and that his basic needs are fulfilled." 10. Wide of Percaya speaking to media STORYLINE: Indonesia responded on Australia's request for clemency on Friday for their citizens which were sentenced to death this week. Desra Percaya, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesman commented that Indonesia had an independent court and that it was natural for every government to ask for clemency for it's citizen who were sentenced to death abroad. "I think it is only natural for every government, when their citizens abroad are sentenced to death," Percaya told the Associated Press in Jakarta. "Asking for clemency for our citizens abroad, it is a normal thing." Earlier, Indonesia's police chief defended an appeals court decision to execute members of an Australian drug-smuggling ring, saying his nation could not afford to take a soft stance on the illegal narcotics trade. The four Australians, 20-year-old Scott Rush, 23-year-old Tan Duc Than Nguyen, 21-year-old Si Yi Chen, and 19-year-old Matthew Norman were originally sentenced to life in prison. They were charged with trying to smuggle more than eight kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin from Indonesia's resort island of Bali to Australia last year. The Supreme Court decided, however, that the sentence was not harsh enough and imposed death. The decision prompted protest from the Australian government, which does not have a death penalty. John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister said his government would ask Indonesia for clemency, but stressed that he was not optimistic. Indonesia will also ask Washington for consular access to Hambali, an Indonesian al-Qaida-linked militant currently detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Hambali, allegedly a key member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) extremist network blamed for numerous bombing attacks in Indonesia, is one of 14 suspects to be tried by military commissions, US President George W. Bush said. Hambali is believed to have been al-Qaida's Asian representative, obtaining funding from al-Qaida for at least one bombing attack, as well as being a leading figure in JI. The militant, accused of helping to plan the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, was captured in Thailand in 2003 and had been detained since at an undisclosed location. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...