<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings will face trial in Guantanamo Bay in September, about 22 years after he was captured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Encep Nurjaman, also known as Hambali, was the alleged leader of the Indonesian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah — the Southeast Asian affiliate of Al-Qaeda.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group were responsible for the 2002 bombings of nightclubs in Bali, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians, and the 2003 bombing of the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, which killed 12 people.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/super-boost-for-millions-of-australians/1980b070-203f-4393-b77b-6e0350e5df6c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Millions of Aussies to be thousands of dollars better off from next month</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nurjaman and two other men were arrested in Thailand in 2003 before being held in a secret CIA prison network for three years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trio were transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Department of Defence has announced pre-trial proceedings for Nurjaman will take place over two weeks from September 8.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/accused-bali-bomber-to-face-trial-after-22-years-detained-in-guantanamo-bay/d71acb0a-21e7-405d-9929-595ca5394729" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A military commission will conduct proceedings at the Expeditionary Legal Complex in the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nurjaman is facing a series of serious charges, which were laid by the US in 2021.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Department of Defence said these included "conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, terrorism, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, destruction of property, and accessory after the fact, all in violation of the law of war".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two men arrested alongside Nurjaman, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/detainees-linked-to-2002-bali-bombing-moved-from-guantnamo-after-guilty-plea/85a22263-003f-4d4d-a9a6-230b3e4a80ba" rel="" target="_blank" title="Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin"><span>Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin</span></a><span>, reached a plea agreement last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-anthony-albanese-meeting-in-doubt-after-white-house-announces-early-g7-departure/2a1d579c-528d-451e-9760-62be996785f5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump snub 'understandable', PM's office says</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair pleaded guilty and testified against Nurjaman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Department of Defence announced that they will be sent to Malaysia to spend another five years in prison. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the UN Security Council, Nurjaman has a "long track record" of involvement in terrorist activities and first met the founders of Jemaah Islamiyah in the 1980s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He then reportedly travelled to Afghanistan to train and fight with several Al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, before returning to Indonesia in the early 1990s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He had been wanted by authorities in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the US. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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