Two leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah have been sentenced to 15 years in jail, dealing yet another blow to the group blamed for a string of deadly bombings in Indonesia.

AN INDONESIAN court sentenced two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, to 15 years’ jail yesterday.

The self-proclaimed military commander of the south-east Asian terror network behind the Bali bombings faced a possible death penalty as his trial opened in the Indonesian capital today.

A close aide of Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorist has been arrested, police said today.