| Cult members
plead not guilty (08/10/2001)
Twenty-nine members of a shadowy Muslim cult pleaded not guilty
yesterday to charges of attempting to wage war against the country's
king.
A High Court in Kuala Lumpur set September 11 for the start of
the hearing for the members of the Al-Ma'unah group over an arms
heist and hostage crisis in July. The charges carry the death penalty
or life imprisonment.
All were denied bail in the courtroom, the same court where former
Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced on Tuesday to nine
years in jail for sodomy.
(China Daily )
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