Brimob combs villages to track down Syafe'i<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh(JP): Mobile Brigade Police (Brimob) personnel
\nhave been combing villages in Pidie regency, Aceh, over the past
\ntwo days, in what is suspected to be a mission to track down the
\nFree Aceh Movement's (GAM) war commander, Tengku Abdullah
\nSyafe'i.<\/p>\n
A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed
\nthe two-day operation in the villages of Cot Tunong, Paya Rauf,
\nand Lambaru. The officer also disclosed that, as of Sunday
\nafternoon, there were no clues on the whereabouts of Syafe'i.<\/p>\n
\"One of the target villages is the place where Bondan Gunawan
\nmet Abdullah Syafe'i last year,\" the officer said, referring to
\nthe former secretary of government supervision who met with
\nSyafe'i to deliver messages from President Abdurrahman Wahid.<\/p>\n
The source said that Brimob personnel, however, were pulled
\nback to their headquarters.<\/p>\n
Syafe'i had made several public appearances, met journalists
\nand gave interviews. The police and the military, however, have
\nnever been successful in tracing his whereabouts.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, local residents found six bodies in separate
\nlocations at the villages of Paya Rauf, Lambaru and Ujung Rimba.<\/p>\n
Villagers, with the help of members of human rights groups,
\nthe local Red-Cross Organization (PMI) and officials from nearby
\nhospitals, evacuated the bodies who all died from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The head of state-run Sigli Hospital, Fuad Arsyad, identified
\nthe six bodies as Ramli Salam, 30; Amirudin Asan, 20; M. Adam Mat
\nJalil, 27; Ismail Usman, 40; Harun Hanafie, 45; and Syafei Gade,
\n40.<\/p>\n
According to Fuad, there were no postmortem examinations
\nperformed on the victims as families insisted that the bodies be
\nburied immediately.<\/p>\n
Separately, GAM spokesman Abu Razak said that during the
\nsecurity forces' operation in Pidie, police personnel set ablaze
\ntwo houses belonging to local residents.<\/p>\n
\"The houses had been abandoned by their owners, and were
\nmistaken as GAM headquarters,\" Razak said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He also alleged that police were behind the killing of six
\nresidents, contending that the six victims were all civilians and
\nnot members of the rebel group. (50\/emf)<\/p>",
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