Indonesian prosecutors have urged a court to sentence two Muslim militants to life in jail for their roles in two Bali nightclubs bombings last year that killed 202 people.
The prosecution in separate trials in Bali argued that Suranto Abdul Ghoni, also known as Umar or Wayan, and Sarjiyo, alias Sawad, were involved in making the bombs used in the worst terror attack since the September 11th, 2001, strikes on the United States.
"Along with others, he is responsible for many people losing their lives, so we demand the defendant receives a life sentence," prosecutor Putu Suparta Jaya told the panel of judges in the Ghoni trial on Monday.
"He [Ghoni] attended several meetings in which the blasts were planned. He also helped assemble the bombs. The defendant also possessed illegal firearms," he said.
Prosecutors later demanded the same court give Sarjiyo, charged with similar offences, a life sentence. Both men have an opportunity to deliver their final defence when their trials resume early in the New Year.
Several of the crimes the two men are charged with carry the death penalty.
Three militants have already been sentenced to death for their roles in the October 12th, 2002, bomb attacks at the famed Kuta beach strip frequented by Western tourists.
More than two dozen men have been given jail terms ranging from three years to life for involvement in the bombings.
Several more suspects are still on trial or are due to face charges in connection with the attacks, which are believed to have been work of Jemaah Islamiah, an al Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian militant network.
Indonesian police are still hunting key suspects, including Malaysian fugitive Azahari, the alleged master bomb-maker.
The Indonesian-born Jemaah Islamiah militant believed to be the mastermind of the Bali blasts, Hambali, was captured in Thailand in August and is in U.S. custody at a secret location.
Indonesian requests for direct access have so far been denied by the United States, which is investigating him in connection with the September 11 attacks.