Swedish law enforcers question JSX bombers, ex GAM hostage<\/p>\n
P.C. Naommy, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Swedish prosecutors and police questioned on Saturday five
\nAcehnese, including two convicted of the Jakarta Stock Exchange
\n(JSX) bombing in 2000, as part of their investigation into Free
\nAceh Movement (GAM) leader Hasan Tiro, who lives in exile in
\nSweden.<\/p>\n
The Swedish law enforcers also heard the account of Cut
\nSafrida, one of two women who walked free in January after being
\nheld hostage by GAM for seven months.<\/p>\n
"I just told them my experience during the ordeal, nothing
\nmore," a tearful Safrida told the press at Cipinang Penitentiary
\nin East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Safrida was the only person willing to speak about the
\nquestioning, which took the Swedish team seven hours.<\/p>\n
During the questioning, the team was accompanied by three
\nofficials from the Office of the Coordinating Minister for
\nPolitical and Security Affairs, two officers from the Jakarta
\nPolice and an interpreter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n
The team is in Indonesia to gather information on Tiro and
\nother GAM leaders with Swedish citizenship.<\/p>\n
The three Acehnese prisoners questioned were Ibrahim Hasan and
\nRamli, who were brought from the Cirebon penitentiary in West
\nJava, and Irwan from Nusa Kambangan penitentiary in Central Java.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim, a former Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad)
\nsoldier, was convicted for the JSX bombing and sentenced to life
\nimprisonment, as was Irwan, a former Army's Special Forces
\n(Kopassus) member.<\/p>\n
Ramli, who deserted from the Aceh Military Command, was
\nconvicted of selling arms to the rebels and sentenced to 12 years
\nin prison.<\/p>\n
Two former GAM members also questioned were Daelami, 30, who
\nclaimed to be the GAM governor of Takengon, and Maulidan, 46, a
\nformer guerrilla who once underwent military training in Libya.
\nBoth of them have left GAM and pledged allegiance to Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Bambang Krisbanu, warden of Cipinang Penitentiary, said the
\nmen were questioned one by one and were divided into two groups
\nin order to save time.<\/p>\n
He said Daelami and Maulidan had arrived in Jakarta from Banda
\nAceh hours before the questioning, while Ibrahim, Ramli and Irwan
\narrived on Friday.<\/p>\n
A source, however, said the last three prisoners had been in
\nJakarta for a week. He said Ibrahim and Ramli arrived from
\nCirebon on March 13 at 9:15 a.m. while Irwan arrived from Nusa
\nKambangan penitentiary on March 14.<\/p>\n
The Swedish team and top officials from the Office of the
\nCoordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs will
\nhold a joint press conference on Sunday at 10 a.m,<\/p>",
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