JAKARTA, April 27 Kyodo (EDS: UPD...

JAKARTA, April 27 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATES WITH DETAILS)

The alleged treasurer of a clump responsible for bombings on the Indonesian resort island Bali in 2002 that claimed 202 lives went forward trial Tuesday for his part in the attacks and in last year's blast at the JW Marriott public-house in Jakarta.

Chief Prosecutor Tubagus Aries Aziz told the southward Jakarta District Court that Jhoni Hendrawan, 30 also known as Idris and Gembrot was involved in ''a conspiracy'' to commit terrorist acts that caused ''widespread terrors and fears.''

In the trial based forward the country's Antiterrorism Law, the defendant faces death if place guilty.

Government prosecutors said that the defendant allegedly participated in several meetings in the Central Java town Surakarta to plan and coordinate the Bali bombings.

forward the order of Bali bombing mastermind Imam Samudra, the man popularly known as Idris allegedly withdrew 7495 million rupiah (about $8700) and used the wealth to finance the bombing operation.

The foundations originated from Ali Gufron, alias Mukhlas, who was allegedly the regional chief of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a suspected Southeast Asia wing of al-Qaida.

The Denpasar District Court in Bali has sentenc Samudra, Mukhlas and another suspect, Amrozi, to death, while 30 others have received prison spells ranging from three years to life for the Bali bombings.

In September 2002 Idris allegedly handed 23 million rupiah in cash to Amrozi, who later exhausted the money on explosive materials and the down payment for a minivan that was used to carry the bomb and other suspects.

Idris, along with the other perpetrators, also went to Bali to examine targets.

''The defendant pushed the button of a cellular phone cohereed to a bomb impose near the U.S. Consulate General in Denpasar,'' Aziz said.

Bomb also explod at the Irish pub Paddy's Cafe and the Sari bludgeon Discotheque in Bali's busy tourist resort of Kuta.

In their indictment, dominion prosecutors also accuse Idris of involvement in the JW Marriott [i]cabaret[/i] bombing in August last year at keeping and transporting explosive materials used in the bombing.

Twelve persons died and 150 others were injured in the house of entertainment blast.

Police captured Idris in the North Sumatra provincial capital Medan in June 2003 after an eight-month search.

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