VOA标准英语2010年-No Decision Yet in Extradition Request

An undated picture of Hambali Riduan Isamuddin taken from a Malaysian Police website wanted list

A U.S. diplomat¹ says no decision has been made on Indonesia's request on the trial of a leading Indonesian terrorism suspect. Recent news reports say the United States has rejected the request to send Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, to Jakarta for trial and plans to try him in Washington.

Tristram Perry, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, on Tuesday discounted news reports that Riduan Isamuddin would be tried in Washington, D.C.

"We understand that the (U.S.) Attorney General has made no decision on the forum² for this case, let alone on where such case would be tried if it were sent to federal court," he said.

Perry did not confirm reports that the U.S. has rejected a request from the Indonesian National Police to extradite and try the man known as Hambali in Indonesia.

Indonesia Police Colonel I Ketuk Untung Yoga confirmed that Indonesia has asked for Hambali's extradition³, or at least permission to question him.

He says there is a request for deeper investigation⁴ to reveal the terrorist network. But he says no official decision has yet been made.

Hambali is held in the U.S. military's detention⁵ center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He is believed to be a main link between al-Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asia terror group blamed for the 2002 bombing on Bali that killed 202 people.

Former U.S. President Bush confirmed that following his capture in Thailand in 2003, Hambali was held in secret CIA prisons. U.S. intelligence officials have linked him to the attempted assassination⁶ of a Philippine ambassador and the coordinated⁷ Christmas Eve 2000 bombings of Indonesian churches.

In 2007, Hambali appeared before a preliminary military tribunal and denied any connection with al-Qaida.

There is concern that trying Hambali in a U.S. civilian⁸ court will limit the evidence allowed to be used against him, and give him an international forum to advocate his extremist views. There is also concern that Hambali may receive a lighter⁹ sentence if he is extradited and tried in Indonesia.

Abu Bakar Bashir, an accused Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader, received only a 30-month sentence in Indonesia after being convicted of conspiracy¹⁰ related to the Bali bombings. He was released after serving a little more than a year. However, other JI members, including those involved in bombings in Indonesia, have received lengthy¹¹ prison terms or death sentences.

1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

7 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

8 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

9 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

10 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

11 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。