Police work in Bali<\/p>\n
The arrival of police investigators from the United Nations
\nhas expanded the international character of the police work
\ncurrently going on in Bali. A number of countries, such as
\nAustralia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and the United
\nStates, have sent their best police investigators and forensic
\nspecialists to Bali to ferret out any available information
\nbehind the tragic bombing of Oct. 12.<\/p>\n
Australia, of course, because of the large number of its
\ncitizens that were killed or injured in that horrendous event,
\nfelt compelled to send in its own police team to satisfy its
\ndomestic demand for information and clarification. The U.S.
\nobviously has an interest in knowing if or to what extent the
\nOct. 12 event is linked to the global terrorist network
\nspearheaded by al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n
It is the presence of the United Nations investigators that
\nperhaps needs further clarification. Is their presence perhaps a
\nconsequence of the Security Council's Resolution No.1438\/2002,
\npassed last Monday? It is one thing to accept police specialists
\nfrom countries that have a clear interest in the Oct. 12 event,
\nbut it is another to internationalize the police investigation in
\nBali by accepting a UN umbrella.<\/p>\n
Although it may be a repetition of statements already made
\nbefore, it should be stressed that the overall coordination of
\npolice investigation pertaining to the Oct. 12 event needs to
\nrest with the Indonesian National Police. The National Police
\nHeadquarters has assigned a capable senior police officer, Chief
\nInsp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika, the police chief of the
\nprovince of Papua, as the top coordinator for the ongoing police
\ninvestigation in Bali so that the perpetrators of that horrific
\nevent may be captured as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
We urge that the multinational police team, including the UN
\ninvestigators now working in Bali, work together under the
\nleadership of Gen. Pastika. Too much self-interest on the part of
\nthe national teams concerned and an unwillingness to share any
\nobtained information with Indonesian investigators would only
\nslow down the ongoing investigation.<\/p>",
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