(13 Jun 2006)
Jakarta, 13 June 2006
1. Wide of Cipinang Prison
2. Close of barbed wire
3. Pan of jail
4. Police guards at prison
5. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Hasyim, Bashir Supporter:
"He (Abu Bakar Bashir) will keep teaching at the boarding school (that he founded). And he's going to lead the MMI (Indonesian Mujahadeen Council). He will try and consolidate that organisation."
Jakarta, 13 March 2005
6. Wide of Abu Bakar Bashir, militant cleric jailed for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, with verdict being read out in trial
7. Close of Bashir
8. Judge reading verdict
9. Close of Bashir
Jakarta, 13 June 2006
8. Wirawan Adnan, Bashir's lawyer
10. Close of book
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wirawan Adnan, Bashir's lawyer:
"He (Abu Bakar Bashir) is no danger to society, he is a peaceful man of non-violence and... during the time of his life he would like to prove that, that he is a man of peace."
Bali, 12 October 2002
12. Various of devastation and aftermath from 2002 Bali Bombings
Jakarta, 13 June 2006
13. Sidney Jones, Terrorism Expert, International Crisis Group
14. Jones reading
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sidney Jones, Terrorism Expert, International Crisis Group:
"Whether he (Abu Bakar Bashir) takes an active leadership role again in the organisation, I sort of doubt because I think that it would hurt the organisation to have his high profile and as visible a leader as that. Whether he will serve as a conduit for funding, maybe. That's one of the things that I should be looked at, particularly if he attracts more international attention, as being somebody who you can rally large crowds. So I think there are things to look at but I don't think that we're going to see an increase in terrorism just because he is out of prison."
Jakarta, 20 April 2005
16. Bashir inside gates of prison, waving
17. Bashir surrounded by media
18. Police vehicle with Bashir inside driving away
Jakarta, 13 June 2006
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sidney Jones, Terrorism Expert, International Crisis Group
"I think they (authorities) are probably are concerned because they believe that he was the person who helped bring in some of the Singaporean and Malaysian nationals into Jemaah Islamiyah (al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian militant group). Also, I'm sure the Philippines is also concerned because Bashir did have a direct link to some of the individuals who were in Mindanao (a Muslim rebel group has fought for self-rule in the southern Mindanao region for decades)."
Solo, September 2005
20. Tilt down from sign of Islamic boarding school (founded by Bashir) to students walking through gates
STORYLINE
Jakarta's Cipinang prison on Tuesday prepared to relinquish its most widely known inmate, Abu Bakar Bashir, a militant cleric jailed for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings.
Several hundred supporters, mostly students bussed in from Bashir's school, are expected to show up to greet their spiritual leader when he is released on Wednesday.
Bashir is alleged to be a key leader in the al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, and there are concerns his release may energise the region's small, radical fringe.
But his followers say that he is seeking a peaceful return to his teaching and leadership of his Muslim organisation in the central Javan city of Solo.
The 68-year-old cleric will walk from Cipinang prison after serving 26 months for giving his blessing to the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people, the majority being foreign tourists.
Bashir, who has always maintained his innocence, will take a bus almost 500 kilometres (310 miles) to Solo.
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