Jakarta , Indonesia ( CNN ) -- Prosecutors officially filed terrorism charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday , charges that make him eligible for a death sentence . The charges include funding and inciting others to terrorism and planning and attempting acts of terrorism . Under the country 's anti-terrorism law , some of these charges carry the maximum penalty of death , according to a statement by the Attorney General 's Office . Bashir was first detained in August for his suspected links to a militant training camp raided by authorities in the province of Aceh in early 2010 . Police say Bashir and his relatively new organization , the Jamaat Tawhid Anshoru or JAT , was involved in setting up the camp . The militants were preparing to launch attacks similar to the one in Mumbai 2008 , and assassination attempts on Indonesian government officials , authorities have said . Under the law , Bashir 's detention was set to expire on February 10 . One of Bashir 's lawyers , Adnan Wirawan , said the trial may start in about two to three weeks . He stressed that `` all the charges are very weak . This is again something that law enforcers fabricated , '' Wirawan said . In the past , authorities have tried but failed to directly link Bashir to some of the major terror attacks in Indonesia . This would be his third trial . In the first two trials , prosecutors tried to directly link the elderly cleric to the 2002 bombings in Bali and the 2003 JW Marriott bomb attack in Jakarta . The courts found him guilty of relatively minor charges . He was released in June 2006 , after serving 25 months in jail . Bashir is known for his fiery rhetoric . He was accused of being the spiritual leader of Indonesia 's homegrown terror network , Jemaah Islamiyah , who inspired many of those involved in the bombings . Bashir has always denied all the allegations and often blamed a U.S.-led conspiracy to put him behind bars .
Bashir is suspected of helping build a terror cell and military camp . The US has been trying to get him extradited for years, but he's refused every time.