JP\/5\/INCO<\/p>\n
KL enraged over arrest of two Malaysians in RI<\/p>\n
Andi Hajramurni
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Makassar<\/p>\n
The arrest of two Malaysian accountants here has sparked an
\nuproar in Kuala Lumpur, with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister
\nNajib Razak protesting the way South Sulawesi provincial police
\ntreated the two.<\/p>\n
\"Our ambassadors will make approaches to get them out on bail.
\nThey are being held with hardened criminals and we are very
\nconcerned about their plight,\" Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak
\ntold reporters on Monday, as quoted by Agence France Presse.<\/p>\n
The two Malaysians were arrested on Aug. 16, while they were
\ndoing an audit for subcontractor of giant nickel miner PT
\nInternational Nickel Indonesia Tbk (PT INCO). Now the two -- Choa
\nYao Chin, 24 and Reimala Siva Linggam, 29, who work for auditing
\nfirm KPMG, are locked up in South Sulawesi police station
\ndetention cells for visa violations, a police spokesman Sr. Comr.
\nDjoko Subroto said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to Djoko, the two had \"committed crimes\" as they
\nacquired only a tourist visa, but in fact they worked as
\naccounting consultants with one of PT International Nickel
\nIndonesia's subcontractors.<\/p>\n
It was, according to investigators, the second time they had
\nentered the country, the first between May 30 and June 28 and the
\nsecond on July 28. They had planned to stay from July 28 until
\nAugust 24. However, before they completed their work, they were
\narrested on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n
The police have questioned several witnesses since then,
\nincluding employees of PT Inco and its subcontractors. Djoko said
\nthat the questioning of the suspects and several other witnesses
\nhad been completed and the case files had been sent to the South
\nSulawesi Prosecutor's Office. However, the court process would
\nnot commence until after the Prosecutor's Office examined the
\ncase files and handed it over to a Sulawesi court.<\/p>\n
Separately, regional external relations director at PT Inco,
\nEdi Suhardi, explained that the two accountants did not work for
\nPT Inco, but for one of its subcontractors.<\/p>\n
Just two weeks after the arrest of the two accountants, Maluku
\nprovincial police arrested and deported a Singapore-based
\nprofessor and expert on terror issues, because he was traveling
\naround Maluku without proper research documents. Rohan Kumar
\nGunaratna from Sri Lanka, was arrested by an antiterror police
\nunit on Sept. 5 while he was on his way to Ambon from Seram
\nIsland. The police detained Gunaratna because he failed to show a
\ndocument that allowed him to carry out research on terror cells
\nin the conflict-ravaged province. Gunaratna was charged with
\nviolating the law on immigration and deported.<\/p>\n
Gunaratna is a professor and the chairman of the Institute of
\nDefense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) based in Singapore, which is
\nknown to have produced a wide range of articles and books on
\ninternational politics, terror and strategic defense.<\/p>",
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