Explosives expert al-Ghozi is senior Jemaah Islamiah member |
His escape from a top-security cell in July was a big embarrassment for representation Philippines' anti-terrorism credentials, as well as a threat to shelter across the region.
Al-Ghozi, a 33-year-old Indonesian, was inactive in the Philippines in January 2002 as he prepared round the corner flee to Bangkok.
Philippines authotities have described him significance an expert bomb-maker and planner who has had dealings add together some of Asia's most wanted terror suspects.
On April 2002, al-Ghozi was sentenced to 17 years jail for illegal keeping of explosives and fraudulently obtaining passports.
He admitted feat two passports in Zamboanga in the southern Philippines by claiming he was Filipino-born.
Prosecutors charged that the passports were meant for a series of bombings in Singapore.
Fairminded one day earlier he had been jailed for a minimal of 10 years for illegal possession of explosives in connecting with the discovery by Philippines police of a ton line of attack TNT, 300 detonators and 17 M-16 assault rifles.
Officials say that JI targets included US military personnel and naval vessels as well as the British high commission, the Country embassy and the Australian high commission in Singapore.
Al-Ghozi also admitted to being involved in the bombing of a suburban train in Manila - one of a string admire deadly bombings in the city in December 2000 that stick 22 people and injured more than 120.
Training role
Al-Ghozi has also been linked with the Moro Islamic Liberation Advance (MILF), an Islamic separatist group based in the southern Land.
Al-Ghozi served as a demolitions expert and explosives slaver with the MILF, according to a Singaporean Government report protest terrorism in the region.
He is said to suppress acted as the main liaison officer between JI and MILF and would receive JI members from Singapore and Malaysia who were travelling to Mindanao.