Bangil (East Java) – An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed for three years the wife of a top Malaysian terrorism suspect, wanted in connection with a string of deadly bombings, for hiding her husband.

The district court in Bangil in East Java, 700km east of the capital, Jakarta, also ruled Munfiatun guilty of submitting false information for her marriage certificate when she wed fugitive Noordin M. Top. Top used a fake name and claimed he was an Indonesian in the July 2004 nuptial document, the court said.

"The decision that we have imposed matches her actions in hiding the whereabouts of Noordin M. Top, a terrorism perpetrator," said presiding judge Amriyat.

Lawyers for Munfiatun, who wore a flowing black robe that only showed her eyes, have argued the 29-year old never knew her husband was sought by police because she knew him as Abdurrachman Aufi, the name used on their marriage certificate.

Police have said Top and fellow Malaysian Azahari bin Husin are among the masterminds behind a series of bombings in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali blasts that killed 202 people, the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta which claimed 12 lives, and last year's blast outside the Australian embassy that killed 10 people.