Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, once imprisoned for his links to the terror group behind the Bali bombings, was arrested Monday for alleged involvement with a new militant network. His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said the arrest took place early Monday in West Java 's Ciamis district.
Bashir, 72, is best known as the founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the 2002 bombings on Indonesia 's resort island of Bali
The fiery cleric spent several years in prison for his involvement with JI — blamed for at least three other deadly attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation — but was released in 2006.He has always denied any link with terrorists. Police arrested Bashir on Monday for alleged involvement with a new terror group discovered in westernmost Aceh province in February.