Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Ten out of 13 defendants associated with Muhammad Syarief, the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque at a police compound in Cirebon on April 15, 2011, were sentenced up to eight years in jail by the Tangerang District Court on Wednesday.

Two separate panels of judges, presided over by Riadi Sunindyo and I Made Supartha, handed down eight-year prison terms to Dzulkifli and Musola Saifullah for supplying bomb materials.

"The defendant committed an extraordinary crime and showed no regrets at all during the trial, so there is no reason to forgive him," said Riadi as he read Dzulkifli's verdict.

Three other panels of judges, presided over by Immanuel Sembiring, Abdul Hutapea and Ibnu W. Widodo, sentenced Arifin Nur, Echo Ibrahim and Ishak Andriana to seven-and-a-half-year jail terms.

The defendants were proven guilty of partnering with other suspects in terrorist activities and helped pave the way for the bombing, said the judges.

Edi Jablay and Ari Budi Santoso each received seven-year jail terms, while Hari Budianto received six years. Jakim and Andri Siwanto received five-year terms. Prosecutors previously demanded the panel of judges sentence each defendant to between eight and 10 years behind bars.

Separately, a panel of judges presided over by Samsul Bahri adjourned the trial of Achmad Basuki, Arief Budiman and Mardiansyah until Feb. 8.

"Achmad Basuki had filed an objection to the panel of judges, saying that his motorcycle, seized as evidence by Insp. Suroto, a member of the Densus 88 counterterrorism unit, was not mentioned in his dossier and had not been returned to him," Samsul said.

While some prosecutors said they would need to consider filing appeals for those sentences lower than their demands, all defendants said they accepted the sentences.

Akhyar, a member of the Makassar Legal Advisory Team, said that the defendants had no choice. "They had to accept the sentences because they have become so tired given the long legal process. This is not to mention if they file for appeals."

Most of the defendants were arrested following a raid at Sukoharjo, Central Java, which involved a gunfight between the alleged terrorist group and the police, a month after the Cirebon suicide bombing incident.

During the gunfight, two alleged terrorists, Hendro Yunianto and Sigit Qurdowi, who were also allegedly involved in the church and Kliwon market bombings in Surakarta, Central Java, died of gunshot wounds.

Police confiscated a laptop containing several video clips showing training recruits engaging in terrorist activities. One of the recruits in the video was M. Syarif, the Cirebon suicide bomber.

Cirebon group:

Achmad Basuki (alias Uki), Arif Budiman, Andri Siswanto, Musola (alias Saifulllah), Ishak Andriana (alias Abu Syfa)

Sukoharjo group:

Mardiansyah (alias Ferdi), Ari Budi Santoso (alias Abbaz), Hari Budiarto (alias Nobita), Arifin Nur Haryono, Jakim (alias Zaim), Edi Tri Wijayanto (alias Jablay), Echo Ibrahim (alias Baim), Dzulkifli Lubis (alias Abu Irhab)