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                    [Title] => ASG who escaped with Al-Ghozi ordered freed
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A confessed Abu Sayyaf bandit was freed Friday by a Zamboanga City judge after the complainant retracted and swore in a new affidavit that Omar Opek Lasal did not kidnap him.


"Finding no probable cause to proceed in the inquiry against accused Omar Opek Lasal but tagged in 11 counts of criminal information as Merang Abante alias San Miguel Beer for kidnapping and serious illegal detention with ransom, the cases against him are hereby dismissed," read the decision of Judge Gregorio dela Peña.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224497 [Title] => Indon lawyer says Al-Ghozi’s death ‘suspicious’ [Summary] => A lawyer for the family of slain Indonesian bomb-maker Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi has branded his death as "suspicious" after they found no traces of gunpowder on his hand.

Wirawan Adnan said he will demand that Al-Ghozi’s body be examined to determine the cause of death before being buried.

"Our team, who examined his body in the Philippines, suspects that he did not open fire because there was no trace of gunpowder in his hand," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224517 [Title] => MILF sisiyasatin sa pagkanlong kay Al-Ghozi [Summary] => Pinaiimbestigahan na ng pamunuan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang pagbubulgar ng naarestong puganteng si Abu Sayyaf bomb expert Omar Opik Lasal na ang mga rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ang nagkanlong sa kanila ni Indonesian terrorist Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224224 [Title] => Al-Ghozi not executed — GMA [Summary] => President Arroyo denied yesterday allegations that one of Asia’s most wanted terrorists was executed in cold blood as a publicity coup ahead of US President George W. Bush’s visit. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224245 [Title] => MILF hid Al-Ghozi, fellow escapees — Sayyaf member [Summary] => Slain Indonesian terrorist Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi was given refuge by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and even trained new recruits following his July 14 escape, Abu Sayyaf member Omar Opik Lasal claimed yesterday.

Lasal, who escaped from Camp Crame together with Al-Ghozi but was captured four days before the Indonesian was killed, said MILF "lost command" groups tried to sell Al-Ghozi to the highest bidder. Lasal did not say with whom the "lost command" negotiated.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1127935 [AuthorName] => Ann Corvera [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224252 [Title] => Gone for good [Summary] => In Jakarta last Monday, an Indonesian was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bombing two churches and the home of Philippine Ambassador Leonides Caday.

Abdul Jabar was just the latest terrorist to be convicted in the Indonesian capital. The ringleaders of the deadly nightclub bombings in Bali have all been arrested, including suspected mastermind Ali Ghufron. The guy who brought the explosives, Amrozi, has been sentenced to death, just one year after the attack.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224142 [Title] => Opik Lasal: No sweat escaping from Camp Crame [Summary] => It was no sweat.

Camp Crame may be the headquarters of the Philippine National Police but escaping from there was a breeze, according to Omar Opik Lasal, who along with another Abu Sayyaf member, Abdulmukim Edris, slipped out with Indonesian Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi before dawn last July 14.

Getting out of their cell was easy because the lock was defective, Lasal told an interview with ABS-CBN television. He insisted several times that they did not get help from the police or anyone else.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1127935 [AuthorName] => Ann Corvera [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223773 [Title] => Palace sees recapture of Al-Ghozi soon [Summary] => After the recapture of suspected Abu Sayyaf bandit Omar Opik Lasal by the military last Wednesday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said they are now gearing up to get the bigger prize — convicted Indonesian bomber Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi.

PNP police community relations chief Director Ricardo de Leon yesterday said they are now coordinating with the military to get information from Lasal on Al-Ghozi’s possible whereabouts.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223674 [Title] => Troops closing in on Al-Ghozi [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Government troops believe they are closing in on fugitive terrorist Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, after one of two Abu Sayyaf guerrillas who escaped with him from Camp Crame in Quezon City last July 14 was arrested at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Dumalinao in Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday.

Omar Opik Lasal, alias Merang Abante, who carries a P2-million bounty, was nabbed while in a commuter Mitsubishi L-300 van in Barangay Kamanga at about 6:10 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223693 [Title] => Alalay ni Al-Ghozi nalambat [Summary] => Nagwakas din ang matagal na pagtatago sa batas ng alalay ni Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi na kasapi ng teroristang Abu Sayyaf makaraang malambat ng mga elemento ng militar at pulisya sa checkpoint na sakop ng Barangay Camanga, Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur kamakalawa ng gabi. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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