JSX bomb suspects revoke statements<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The watchdog Indonesian Legal Aid and Human
\nRights Association (PBHI) claimed on Monday that the suspected
\nbombers of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building had revoked
\ntheir confessions to police investigators.<\/p>\n
PBHI executive director Hendardi said the nine suspects
\nwithdrew their earlier statements because they were made under
\npolice coercion.<\/p>\n
The suspects have been detained at Cipinang penitentiary since
\nJan. 13, for their alleged involvement in the Sept. 13 bombing.<\/p>\n
\"They have been questioned and forced to sign dossiers without
\nbeing accompanied by their lawyers. The police even prohibited
\none of the suspects, Iwan Setiawan alias Husen, from having a
\nlawyer.<\/p>\n
\"The suspects have just made a written statement to revoke
\ndossiers made by police investigators,\" Hendardi told journalists
\nafter a brief meeting with the Jakarta Prosecutors' Office head
\nBasrief Arief.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the association urged the prosecutors to
\nre-examine the dossiers to assess whether the case can be brought
\nto trial, considering several inconsistencies in police efforts
\nto reveal the perpetrators of the blast.<\/p>\n
\"We want the prosecutors to carry out proper legal procedures
\nsince we are unconvinced that the police complied with procedures
\nright from the moment of arrest of the suspects through to during
\nthe investigation,\" Hendardi said.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the police disclosure that they had to
\nshoot two suspects who resisted arrest in Bandung, West Java, was
\nuntrue for the two were unarmed and they were shot by the police
\nafter they had been arrested.<\/p>\n
The suspects are: Ibrahim AMD bin A. Wahab, Iswadi H. Jamil,
\nIwan Setiawan and M. Udin (who are also charged with being
\nresponsible for a grenade explosion at the Malaysian Embassy),
\nmember of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) Chief
\nCorp. Ibrahim Hasan, member of the Army's Special Force
\n(Kopassus) Chief. Sgt. Irwan, owner of an auto repair shop Tengku
\nIsmuhadi Jafar and two workers at the shop.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Basrief Arief said that the office will enclose the
\nsuspects' statement in the dossiers, saying that the office has
\nno authorization to carry out another investigation.<\/p>\n
\"We have declared that the dossiers are complete so it's
\nbetter for the PBHI to defend their clients before the court. Now
\nwe are studying whether the case should go to a joint tribunal or
\na general trial,\" he told journalists.<\/p>\n
Separately, in Bandung, Mochammad Ali, is being tried at the
\nBandung district court for allegedly selling explosive materials
\nto Ibrahim Hasan and Irwan.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Djoksan Ali Dahlan said that defendant Mochammad
\nAli, could be charged with the death penalty as stated by
\nEmergency Law No. 12\/1951 for possessing illegal weapons, Antara
\nreported.<\/p>\n
Ali is not accompanied by any lawyer.<\/p>\n
A police search in September of his house in Bandung found 12
\nweapons and a pen gun, which are believed to have been ordered by
\nthe other two suspects.<\/p>\n
Ali dismissed accusations that he supplied weapons to the
\nbombers and rebel Free Aceh Movement (GAM) troops.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know anything,\" he told the court on Monday. (bby)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jsx-bomb-suspects-revoke-statements-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }