Over 400 alleged extremists checked in last three years<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): More than 400 people have been interrogated by
\nthe City Military Command in the last three years for alleged
\ninvolvement in a Moslem extremist group.<\/p>\n
Spokesman Lt. Col. Didi Supandi said yesterday that the people
\nwere suspected of being affiliated to movements which struggled
\nfor the establishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
"All of them were released after interrogation. There has been
\nno detentions," Didi told The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said the military will keep a close watch on the suspected
\nMoslem militants, all residents of Jakarta, Tangerang and Bekasi.<\/p>\n
The Armed Forces (ABRI) faction of the House of
\nRepresentatives reported on Tuesday that, up to December last
\nyear, the City Military Command had arrested 428 people suspected
\nof being Moslem militants.<\/p>\n
One of them, identified as Moch. Rais Abasex, will be brought
\nto court, said legislator Hari Sabarno of the faction.<\/p>\n
The report said that a former political prisoner of a "right
\nextremist group" had been active again in campaigning for the
\nestablishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia through "harsh
\nsermons" and the publication of pamphlets.<\/p>\n
Some of the suspects have allegedly distributed a book
\npraising the late Kartosuwiryo, the leader of the outlawed Darul
\nIslam sect, the report added.<\/p>\n
Kartosuwiryo launched a separatist movement and proclaimed the
\nexistence of an Indonesian Islamic Republic in West Java before
\nhis group was banned in 1949.<\/p>\n
Although the majority of Indonesia's more than 195 million
\nresidents are Moslems, the country is not an Islamic state.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian constitution guarantees religious freedom, but
\nthe government has cracked down on alleged extremist religious
\nmovements said to be involved in political activities.(29)<\/p>",
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