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The written testimony by Wan Min Wan Mat, an alleged member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, who is currently imprisoned in Malaysia, highlighted the network's international reach. Reading from Wan Min's statement, prosecutors said Jemaah Islamiyah held a meeting of regional leaders in Bangkok in February 2002 at which a plan for the Bali bombings was drawn up. The testimony was delivered in the trial of Imam Samudra, who is accused of masterminding the Oct. 12 blasts that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists. Also on Thursday, prosecutors formally charged 13 other suspects detained over the Bali bombings with violating new anti-terror laws — bringing them a step closer to trial. Wan Min testified that during the Bangkok meeting, unspecified plans for terror strikes in Singapore also were outlined. Jemaah Islamiyah has been accused of planning to bomb the U.S. embassy and other Western targets in Singapore. Wan Min said during the meeting he gave $35,000 — money he said had been raised in Malaysia — to Ali Ghufron, another key suspect in the blasts who is also on trial. ``I did not know what the money was used for but it may have been to plan bombings to threaten Americans and Australians, the infidels in Indonesia in accordance with the fatwa (religious edict) of Osama bin Laden,'' Wan Min was quoted as saying. Wan Min's testimony did not clarify whether Osama specifically called for terror strikes in Indonesia, or merely called in general for strikes against the interests of Americans and other Westerners. Jemaah Islamiyah is accused of waging a terror campaign across Southeast Asia to try to establish a regional Islamic state. — AP
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