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        "id": 1324367,
        "msgid": "why-should-the-police-lie-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-09-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Why should the police lie?",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Why should the police lie? The sloppy arrest of Islamic terrorist suspects by the police won't help the country deal with terrorism. Instead, it will be counterproductive. During the past year the police have been vigorously showing to the people how dangerous the terror threat is from Jamaah Islamiyah (JI). They have also demonstrated their seriousness in dealing with the threat. However, the fact is that the police are not that serious and they tend to lie to the public.",
        "content": "<p>Why should the police lie?<\/p>\n<p>The sloppy arrest of Islamic terrorist suspects by the police<br>\nwon&apos;t help the country deal with terrorism. Instead, it will be<br>\ncounterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>During the past year the police have been vigorously showing<br>\nto the people how dangerous the terror threat is from Jamaah<br>\nIslamiyah (JI). They have also demonstrated their seriousness in<br>\ndealing with the threat. However, the fact is that the police are<br>\nnot that serious and they tend to lie to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The police announced they have arrested 15 (Islamic) activists<br>\nin Surakarta, Semarang (Central Java), Jakarta and Lampung<br>\n(southern Sumatra) over bomb blasts, including the JW Marriott<br>\nbombing.<\/p>\n<p>National Police Chief Gen. Da&apos;i Bachtiar defended the arrests,<br>\nsaying that they were in-line with the new antiterrorism law. The<br>\nlaw allows the police to arrest terrorist suspects for not more<br>\nthan one week based on preliminary evidence gathered by the<br>\nintelligence agents and the court. This means that the arrests<br>\nmust be acknowledged by the court - through a warrant letter. The<br>\nfacts show that Da&apos;i Bachtiar has lied to the public.<\/p>\n<p>We know that material evidence that was collected through<br>\nillegal procedures cannot be used in court, meaning that what the<br>\npolice have done is nothing. The police must be aware of their<br>\nactions, but why have they done that? Why should Da&apos;i lie?<\/p>\n<p>If such malpractice by the police continues, what we are doing<br>\nis not eradicating terrorism. The police move is apparently<br>\ntriggering suspicion that antiterror campaigns are identical to<br>\nantiIslam campaigns. This could trigger unnecessary radicalism<br>\nand inter-religious tension.<\/p>\n<p>-- Koran Tempo, Jakarta<\/p>",
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