TNI confirms two bombing suspects are soldiers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Top military officials on Tuesday confirmed that
\ntwo of the 27 suspects apprehended by police in connection with
\nthe Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building bombing were members of
\nthe Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) and the Army's
\nSpecial Force (Kopassus).<\/p>\n
Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Adm. Widodo Adisutjipto
\nsaid he had ordered the commanders of the two Army units
\nconcerned to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n
\"The Kostrad chief and the Kopassus commander general have
\nbeen ordered to take concrete steps to carry out an
\ninvestigation,\" Widodo told journalists.<\/p>\n
\"This is part of the maximum assistance the military is giving
\nto investigate the series of bomb blasts in Jakarta,\" he said
\nafter attending a meeting of ministers under the coordinating
\nminister for political, social and security affairs on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to Widodo he had been informed by National Police
\nChief Gen. Suryo Bimantoro that based on preliminary evidence,
\nthe two, one of whom was arrested in Bandung, West Java on
\nSunday, were allegedly involved in the bomb blast.<\/p>\n
The two were identified as Ibrahim from Kostrad, who is of
\nAcehnese descent and Irwan from Kopassus.<\/p>\n
The arrest of two men in Bandung on Sunday raises the number
\nof suspects apprehended by the police to 27.<\/p>\n
Separately Gen. Bimantoro said on Tuesday that the military
\nofficer from Kopassus who was one of the two arrested in Bandung,
\nWest Java over the bombing of the JSX building had taken an
\nunauthorized leave of absence from his unit before the arrest.<\/p>\n
\"Second Sgt. Irwan was a member of Kopassus who deserted his
\nunit a few days before we arrested him,\" Bimantoro said.<\/p>\n
According to Bimantoro only two military members have been
\narrested as suspects in the bombing case.<\/p>\n
The other military suspect, Ibrahim, was arrested along with
\n24 civilians in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The other (military officer) is a member of Kostrad (Army's
\nStrategic Reserves Command), who has already been detained by the
\nmilitary police,\" Bimantoro said during the official handing over
\nof duties ceremony on Tuesday by his predecessor Gen.
\nRusdihardjo.<\/p>\n
Bimantoro added that the military officer had been arrested
\nearlier by military police for drug possession.<\/p>\n
Bandung Police chief Insp. Gen. Yun Mulyana who also attended
\nthe ceremony said the police were still looking for two other
\nsuspects who managed to escape in a taxi before they could be
\narrested on Sunday in Bandung.<\/p>\n
\"We have detained the taxi driver to obtain information about
\nthe two suspects,\" Yun said.<\/p>\n
Yun also said that the two suspects arrested in Bandung had
\ncome from Pidie, Aceh and would be handed over to the National
\nPolice Headquarters for questioning on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Most of 25 suspects who were arrested in Jakarta reportedly
\nalso hailed from Aceh.<\/p>\n
Aceh Police chief Brig. Gen. Doddy Sumantyawan who also
\nattended the ceremony pointed out that police still had no proof
\nlinking the bombing with the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
\nalthough the modus operandi in the Jakarta bombing was similar to
\nseveral bomb attacks in Aceh.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in Banda Aceh, speaker of the provincial legislative
\ncouncil, Muhammad Yus called on the National Police chief not to
\ndiscredit ethnic Acehnese in relation to the JSX building
\nbombing.<\/p>\n
\"It is only a coincidence if some of the suspects hail from
\nAceh. That does not mean the act was committed for the Aceh
\npeople,\" he was quoted by Antara as saying on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In Yogyakarta, the TNI's Chief of Territorial Affairs Lt. Gen.
\nAgus Widjojo said on Tuesday that the arrest of the two Army
\nmembers as suspects in the bombing was a warning for TNI to
\nimprove its discipline.<\/p>\n
\"This will be an important input for us (TNI) if the two are
\nreally members of TNI,\" he told reporters on the sidelines of a
\nseminar.<\/p>\n
Agus said TNI fully supports police investigations into the
\npossible involvement of military personnel in the recent
\nterrorist acts.<\/p>\n
\"There is no excuse for those who violate the law,\" he said.
\n\"The result of the police investigation over the case will be
\nvery helpful for us.\"<\/p>\n
Asked about the rumor of the alleged 'Wiranto's Document', he
\nsaid, 'Let's wait for the police investigation but I haven't
\nheard about that yet.\" (25\/44\/jaw\/rms)<\/p>",
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