Police to quiz Fathur's father over blast<\/p>\n
Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
East Java Police said on Wednesday it had evidence linking the
\nalleged Atrium Plaza bomber, Abas, alias Edi Sutiono, to the
\nfather of alleged terrorist Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, an Indonesian
\ndetained by Philippine authorities on terrorism charges.<\/p>\n
East Java Police chief of detectives Wisnu Amat Sastro said
\npolice intended to question M. Zainuri, a council member of the
\nMuslim-based Crescent and Star Party and father of Fathur, for
\nhis possible links to Edi Sutiono.<\/p>\n
\"When we arrested Edi, we confiscated his cellphone and
\nprinted out all the numbers Edi had called from his cellphone. At
\nleast 28 calls were made to Zainuri's home in East Java,\" Wisnu
\ntold The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"The last call made from Edi's cellphone to Zainuri's home was
\nin June 2001, two months before the Atrium Plaza bombing... does
\nEdi know Zainuri or does Edi know Fathur? We will have to check.\"<\/p>\n
Police plan to question Zainuri on March 11.<\/p>\n
Authorities have identified two suspects in the Atrium Plaza
\nbomb attack on Aug. 1, 2001, Malaysian citizen Dani, alias Taufik
\nAbdullah, and Edi Setiono alias Abas. They reportedly belonged to
\na mujahideen group based in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The bomb exploded before Dani could plant the bomb at Atrium
\nPlaza, Central Jakarta, injuring six people including Dani, whose
\nright leg had to be amputated. The bomb was allegedly intended
\nfor a busload of Christians holding a religious gathering at the
\nAston Hotel, which lies adjacent to the mall.<\/p>\n
Zainuri's lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said on Wednesday that
\nZainuri had no idea who Abas, alias Edi Sutiono, was, and had
\nnever communicated with Abas on any occasion.<\/p>\n
\"I have advised my client to answer the police summons and
\ngive whatever clarification he can give to the East Java Police
\non March 11,\" Michdan told the Post.<\/p>\n
Before arriving at the National Police on Wednesday to get
\nclarification on why he was summoned by the East Java Police,
\nZainuri visited the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to ask if the
\nministry could finance his trip to the Philippines so that he
\ncould meet his son.<\/p>\n
\"My client also wishes for the ministry to explore the
\npossibility of getting Fathur deported to Indonesia,\" Michdan
\nsaid. Philippine police detained Al-Ghozi in Manila on Jan. 15
\njust as he was about to leave for Bangkok.<\/p>\n
His arrest led to the seizure of a large amount of explosives
\nthat authorities believed was linked to a bomb plot in Singapore.<\/p>",
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