Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep Explained

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep
Birth Date:26 December 1976[1] [2]
Birth Place:Johor, Malaysia
Date Of Arrest:2003
Place Of Arrest:Bangkok, Thailand
Arresting Authority:Royal Thai Police
Detained At:CIA black sites, Guantanamo
Id Number:ISN10022
Alias:Lillie, Bin Lep, Bin Lap, Ali, Mohammad Nasir Bin Lep, Bashir Bin Lep
Charge:Charged before a military commission in 2021
Status:Pleaded guilty[3]

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep (also referred to as Lillie; born December 26, 1976) is a Malaysian national alleged to be affiliated with Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda, currently in American DoD custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He is one of 119 detainees previously held at secret Black Sites abroad,[4] which included being subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.[5] [6] In the ODNI biographies, Bin Lep is described as a high value detainee and lieutenant of Hambali (along with another alleged subordinate, Mohamad Farik Amin).He was transferred from clandestine custody to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, on September 6, 2006.

Early life

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep was born in 1976 in Johor, Malaysia. Bin Lep received a degree in architecture from Polytechnic University Malaysia. After completing his degree, Bin Lep completed compulsory military service in the Malaysian Army.[5]

Guantanamo detainment

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since 2006 when he was transferred into DoD custody. Throughout Bin Lap's internment, the Malaysian Government has sought to repatriate him in addition to another Malaysian national held in Guantanamo Bay.[7]

Guantanamo Review Task Force

On January 21, 2009, the day he was inaugurated, United States President Barack Obama issued three executive orders related to the detention of individuals in Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[8] [9] [10] [11] That new review system was composed of officials from six departments, where the OARDEC reviews were conducted entirely by the Department of Defense. When it reported back, a year later, the Guantanamo Review Task Force classified some individuals as too dangerous to be transferred from Guantanamo, even though there was insufficient evidence to justify charging them. On April 9, 2013, that document was made public after a Freedom of Information Act request.[12] Bin Lep was one of the 71 individuals deemed unable to be charged due to insufficient evidence, but too dangerous to release.Obama said those deemed unable to be charged due to insufficient evidence but too dangerous to release would start to receive reviews from a Periodic Review Board.

Periodic Review Board

The first review wasn't convened until November 20, 2013., 29 individuals had reviews, but Bin Lep wasn't one of them. Bin Lep was denied approval for transfer on September 15, 2016.[13]

Trial

In August 2021, Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, Hambali, and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin were charged by the United States government with murder and terrorism for their involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings.[14] On January 26, 2024, a military jury at Guantánamo sentenced Bin Lep and Bin Amin to 23 years' confinement for their roles in the bombings. However, the sentence may be reduced to at most 6 years' confinement due to a secret deal the pair reached with a senior Pentagon official. They were granted the reduced sentence in exchange for agreeing to testify against Hambali.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JTF GTMO Detainee Profile. nyt.com. 16 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223100315/http://www.prs.mil/Portals/60/Documents/ISN10022/20160301_U_ISN_10022_GOVERNMENTS_UNCLASSIFIED_SUMMARY_PUBLIC.pdf?ver=2016-08-08-115806-113 . 2016-12-23 . dead.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/us/politics/bali-bombing-case.html
  4. Web site: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program . United States Intelligence Committee . 28 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Detainee Biographies. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. https://web.archive.org/web/20090901110613/http://www.odni.gov/announcements/content/DetaineeBiographies.pdf. dead. 2009-09-01.
  6. News: Bush: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons . . September 7, 2006 . 2007-08-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516183504/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/06/bush.speech/index.html . May 16, 2008 .
  7. Web site: Iman . Kyle . TWO MALAYSIANS HAVE BEEN HELD AT GUANTANAMO BAY FOR 13 YEARS, DESPITE NEVER BEING CHARGED . CIL!SOS.my . 3 December 2019 . Current Issues Tambah Pedas . 14 January 2021.
  8. News: Who Are the 55 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners on the List Released by the Obama Administration? . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . 2012-10-25 . 2015-02-19 . I have already discussed at length the profound injustice of holding Shawali Khan and Abdul Ghani, in articles here and here, and noted how their cases discredit America, as Khan, against whom no evidence of wrongdoing exists, nevertheless had his habeas corpus petition denied, and Ghani, a thoroughly insignificant scrap metal merchant, was put forward for a trial by military commission — a war crimes trial — under President Bush. . https://web.archive.org/web/20150308151508/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2012/10/25/who-are-the-55-cleared-guantanamo-prisoners-on-the-list-released-by-the-obama-administration/ . 2015-03-08 . live.
  9. Web site: Andy Worthington. Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantánamo?. June 11, 2010. July 21, 2010. June 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100616161842/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/11/does-obama-really-know-or-care-about-who-is-at-guantanamo. dead.
  10. News: Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely. Peter Finn. Washington Post. January 22, 2010. July 21, 2010. 2015-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504225142/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012104936.html. live.
  11. News: Most Guantanamo detainees low-level fighters, task force report says. Peter Finn. Washington Post. May 29, 2010. July 21, 2010. 2015-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510052105/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052803873.html. live.
  12. News: 71 Guantanamo Detainees Determined Eligible to Receive a Periodic Review Board as of April 19, 2013. Joint Review Task Force. 2013-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150519230955/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1020057-guantanamo-parole-list.html. 2015-05-19. 2015-05-18. live.
  13. https://www.prs.mil/Portals/60/Documents/ISN10022/20160915_U_ISN10022_FINAL_DETERMINATION_PUBLIC.pdf Final determination
  14. News: Three Guantánamo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombing. New York Times. August 30, 2021. Carol Rosenberg. August 30, 2021.
  15. News: Rosenberg . Carol . Bali Bombing Conspirators Get 5 More Years at Guantánamo Bay . 7 February 2024 . New York Times . 26 January 2024.

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