Across Asia: Indonesia

Bombing suspect on trial

An Indonesian suspect went on trial yesterday charged in connection with bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta, and a plan to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Amir Abdillah, 34, is the first to appear of a group of defendants believed to have taken orders from Noordin Mohammad Top, the head of a violent wing of militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, which police said was behind the attacks.