Indonesia prosecutors seek 8 years' jail for Uighur militant
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors in Indonesia are seeking an eight-year prison term for a Chinese Uighur accused of involvement in plots to attack government officials and minority Shiite Muslims.
In a sentencing request, state prosecutors on Monday said Nur Muhammet Abdullah, known as Ali, was guilty of violating Indonesia's Anti-Terror Law.
Prosecutors say Abdullah was preparing to be a suicide bomber and had given $2,000 to a militant group under the guidance of Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Abdullah was arrested in December on the outskirts of Jakarta with another militant, Arif Hidayatullah.
Hidayatullah was sentenced on Oct. 3 to six years in prison for plotting to assassinate Indonesian officials, including Jakarta's governor, who is an ethnic Chinese Christian, and Shiite Muslims during the year-end holidays.