Related story: Australian embassy bomber sentenced to death 

    JAKARTA, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- An Indonesian militant was sentenced to death Wednesday for a major role in the Australian embassy bombing on Sept. 9 last year, the second man in the death row for the similar case.

Militant Ahmad Hasan sits in the back of a prison van after his trial at the South Jakarta courthouse September 14. (Reuters)

    In a court hearing at the South Jakarta District Court, Ahmad Hasan was found guilty of the act of terrorism that claimed the lives of 11 people and injured more than 200 others.

    "The defendant has shown no remorse and twisted the facts," presiding judge Welang said when reading the verdict.

    Ahmad, 34, is accused of assisting the alleged masterminds in the attack, Malaysian nationals Azahari Husin and Noordin Moh top,by harboring them, providing a van and preparing the explosives used in the attack.

An Indonesian militant is sentenced to death for helping plan and carry out last year's suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy. (Reuters)

    The two Malaysians remain at large so far.

    Ahmad also helped plant the explosives inside a van that was used to carry out the attack by a suicide bomber named Heri Golun.

    Earlier on Tuesday, the same court also rendered capital punishment on Iwan Darmawan alias Rois, 29, for the similar case.

    Terrorism, along with drug trafficking, treason and serial murders, carries the maximum sentence of death by the firing squad in the country. Enditem