Ba'asyir to remain in police custody<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, Jakarta<\/p>\n
National Police announced on Tuesday that they would continue to
\ndetain Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir despite the
\nConstitutional Court ruling that Law No. 16\/2003 on the
\nretroactivity of laws was unconstitutional, arguing that the
\ncleric was suspected of involvement in other terrorism-linked
\ncrimes besides the 2002 Bali bomb attacks.<\/p>\n
National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung
\nSudjono said that the police would continue the investigation and
\ndetention of Ba'asyir under Law No. 15\/2003 on terrorism because
\nBa'asyir was the leader of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI).<\/p>\n
The JI is a UN-listed terrorist organization blamed for the
\nOct. 12, 2002 Bali bombings in which 202 people died, and the
\nAug. 5, 2003 JW Marriott Hotel attack in Jakarta, which claimed
\n12 lives.<\/p>\n
\"The court only annulled Law No. 16\/2003 but not Law No. 15 on
\nterrorism, so we can continue to detain him using the Terrorism
\nLaw. Ba'asyir is the leader of JI, which is responsible for
\nseveral bomb attacks after the Bali bombings,\" said Suyitno.<\/p>\n
Law No. 16\/2003 was issued specifically to enable authorities
\nto charge the Bali bomb suspects under Law No. 15\/2003 on
\nterrorism.<\/p>\n
Police named Ba'asyir a terrorist suspect in April 16 for
\nplanning, coercing, abetting and perpetrating terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n
Ba'asyir was arrested in October 2002 on terror charges, after
\nthe Bali bombings. Last year, however, he was found guilty only
\nof immigration offenses and document forgery, and sentenced to 18
\nmonths after appealing to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said the police would use other laws, such those under
\nthe Criminal Code, against Ba'asyir and other suspects in the
\nBali bombings.<\/p>",
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