1. Tangkap: 12 x 4 lines
1. Tangkap: 12 x 4 lines
Five Acehnese
mystery men
arrested
in Kupang
Police in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have detained five Acehnese
people, allegedly members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), for
having falsified identity cards and passports.
The Acehnese people, among the 27 Acehnese people whose
presence was detected at the border between East Timor and
Indonesia, were detained at the local police's detention cell in
the city.
"They have been in the province for one month, we are
investigating why they are here. The important thing is that they
have falsified identity cards and passports.
"We have a suspicion that they have a special mission in the
province. It is strange that they could get their identity cards
and passports within a month. Even more unbelievable is that they
left their hometown in Aceh to seek work in this least-developed
province," Kupang Police precinct chief Adj. Sr. Comr. F.F.
Jeremias Mirah told The Jakarta Post here on Friday.
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Another vocal Acehnese
councillor murdered
The security uncertainties in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province
have claimed another victim with the shooting dead of United
Development Party (PPP) provincial councillor, Nasri Zamzam, 43,
on Thursday evening, a report said on Friday.
A resident of the area, who asked to remain anonymous, said
Nasri was shot by two unidentified men in front of his house in
Alue Glong village, Sukamakmur subdistrict, in Aceh Besar
regency, some 15 kilometers away from the provincial capital of
Banda Aceh.
The witness, however, said it was obvious that Nasri knew his
murderers as they had been involved in a brief talk before the
two men shot him at about 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Soon after the killing, Tengku Maksalmina, spokesman for the
separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in the Aceh Besar region
denied any responsibility, saying that "a series of killings had
recently been carried out by the Indonesian security forces in an
attempt to stop GAM's struggle for an independent nation."
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Public order officers
accused of harassment
The Denpasar Police have vowed to thoroughly investigate a formal
complaint filed by a 24-year-old woman who claims that she and
five other women were sexually harassed by the chief of the
city's Public Order Office (Tramtib) and two of his men when the
women were detained at the office.
"The fact that the case involves a high-ranking government
official will not, in any way, hamper our investigation. We are
committed to seriously and thoroughly examining this case,"
Denpasar Police chief of detectives Comr. Budi Wasono said on
Friday.
Budi said he had signed the summons for Public Order Office
chief Anak Agung Ngurah Gede Astawa and his subordinate Gede Eka
Sucita to appear at the city police headquarters next Monday for
questioning.