Four students named terror suspects<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Four of the six students recently deported from Pakistan have
\nbeen declared suspects for their roles in a series of terrorist
\nattacks here in the past several years.<\/p>\n
"We have declared Mohammad Syaifudin, Ilham Sofandi, Furqon
\nAbdullah and Rusman Gunawan as suspects as of 8 p.m. today
\nbecause we have sufficient evidence to link them with terror
\nactivities in this country," deputy chief of Police Public
\nRelations Division Brig. Gen. Soenarko said last night.<\/p>\n
Two others, David Pintarto and Muhammad Anwar As-Shaddaqi,
\nwere released on Tuesday due to lack of evidence linking them
\nwith any crimes here. David and Anwar were deported from Pakistan
\nfor visa violations. The six arrived from Pakistan on Dec. 11.<\/p>\n
Soenarko said new warrants of arrest had been issued to enable
\npolice to detain the four longer.<\/p>\n
"The warrants have been signed by investigators and sent to
\ntheir families. They can be accompanied by lawyers during the
\ninterrogation as the charges they are faced with have a sentence
\nthat exceeds 15 years in jail if found guilty," he said.<\/p>\n
Soenarko did not reveal which terror incidents the four
\nstudents were allegedly involved in.<\/p>\n
Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Thursday morning that
\nintelligence reports indicated that the four students had links
\nto Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali, the alleged leader of Jamaah
\nIslamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asia terrorist network. Rusman
\nGunawan is the brother of Hambali.<\/p>\n
"Many intelligence reports confirm that they have links with
\n(the crimes alleged to be committed by) Hambali. These reports
\nhave been processed by police and will be used as evidence
\nagainst the students," said Da'i.<\/p>\n
JI is linked to al-Qaeda and has been blamed for a string of
\nterrorist attacks in the region, including the Bali bombings on
\nOct. 12, 2002 and the JW Marriott Hotel attack in Jakarta on Aug.
\n5, 2003.<\/p>\n
Hambali is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location
\nfollowing his capture in Thailand in August.<\/p>\n
Da'i said that in order for the reports to be legally
\nadmissible, according to law No. 15\/1005 on terrorism, the
\nreports should be approved by the local court.<\/p>\n
"We have submitted the reports to the local court and we will
\nwait for approval. Meanwhile, we are processing all the evidence
\navailable," said Da'i.<\/p>\n
Under the Law No. 15\/2003, police have the right to detain
\nterror suspects for up to seven days. According to police, they
\ncan hold terror suspects without a warrant and question them
\nwithout a lawyer present.<\/p>\n
Da'i also said that the students had been in contact with
\nother suspected terrorists, including Ismail and Tohir. Both are
\nkey suspects in the JW Marriott attacks. Other suspects,
\nincluding Azahari and Noordin Mohamad Top, are still at large.<\/p>\n
Gunawan admitted to having sent US$50,000 and
\ntelecommunications device to his brother Hambali.<\/p>",
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