Chaidar's testimony 'useless'<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police have gathered no new leads after interviewing Darul
\nIslam (DI) spokesman Al Chaidar, as he failed to provide evidence
\nsupporting his statements regarding the group's involvement in
\nseveral bombings, a senior police officer said on Friday.<\/p>\n
\"Al Chaidar, thus far, has provided no information which could
\nbe useful to police investigations as he did not offer new
\nevidence or witnesses,\" Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton
\nBachrul Alam said.<\/p>\n
The police summoned Al Chaidar for questioning on Friday to
\nexplain statements made to the media last Saturday claiming three
\nDarul Islam factions were responsible for the recent bombing of
\nPetra Church in North Jakarta and a grenade explosion at the
\nAustralian International School (AIS) in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Darul Islam is a former separatist group based in West Java
\nthat fought to establish a Muslim state in the 1950s.<\/p>\n
Anton said Al Chaidar stammered when police posed several
\nquestions regarding how much he knew about the bomb attacks.<\/p>\n
He said Al Chaidar might become a suspect should certain
\nparties consider his statement to be defamatory.<\/p>\n
During questioning, Al Chaidar admitted that he knew nothing
\neither about the suspects of the bombing at Petra Church or the
\nAIS, nor did he know any basic details about the incidents.<\/p>\n
\"I just made a \"post-factum\" analysis over the bomb attacks
\nwhich led to the possible involvement of three DI factions,\"
\nChaidar said after his six-hour interview.<\/p>\n
He identified the three factions as Abu Jendal, Abu Haris and
\none other group. He said his allegation was only based on talks
\nwith DI members at the DI office on Jl. Batu in Pasar Minggu,
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Chaidar also requested police protection, saying that he had
\nreceived threats to his safety. He did not provide specific
\ndetails regarding the threats.<\/p>",
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