Six young women questioned about subversive activities<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The local military is currently investigating
\nsix young women, workers of a beauty salon, over allegations that
\nthey are involved with a clandestine group seeking to establish
\nan Islamic state in Indonesia, police said yesterday<\/p>\n
They were all picked up from a salon in the Bendungan Hilir
\narea in Central Jakarta by police on two separate occasions --
\ntwo of the women on Saturday and four on Wednesday, Sgt. Mashadi
\nof the Tanah Abang Police sub-precinct said.<\/p>\n
All six, who are teenagers, wore necklaces denoting that they
\nbelong to the clandestine group, Mashadi told The Jakarta Post.
\nThey also wore Moslem headdress.<\/p>\n
The necklaces were allegedly given after they took an oath of
\nloyalty to their leader and to the cause of the organization,
\nwhich is to establish an Islamic state, he said.<\/p>\n
He declined to state the name of the organization.<\/p>\n
Police became aware of their activities after receiving a
\nreport from the owner of the beauty salon.<\/p>\n
Mashadi said that based on interrogation at the sub-precinct,
\nthe six young women rejected the proclamation of independence by
\nSukarno in 1945 which marked the beginning of Indonesia's
\nindependence.<\/p>\n
Instead, they allegedly recognize the proclamation of the
\nestablishment of an Islamic state in Indonesia by Sekarmaji
\nMarijan Kartosuwiryo on Aug. 17, 1949, in West Java. The
\nKartosuwiryo movement gained support in Central Java, Aceh, and
\nSouth Sulawesi but was quashed by the military in the late 1950s.<\/p>\n
Many underground groups seeking to establish Islamic states in
\nIndonesia since then have drawn inspiration from the Kartosuwiryo
\nmovement.<\/p>\n
Mashadi said that based on the investigation so far, the young
\nwomen in Bendungan Hilir were members of a group which moved from
\none place to another to avoid police detection.<\/p>\n
The police are now looking for their leader, identified as
\nRadi, and two other members, Abi and Paiman, in connection with
\nthe investigation. (29)<\/p>",
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