Alleged JI leader named in bombings
<p>Alleged JI leader named in bombings</p><p> JAKARTA: Police have named Abu Rusdan, who reportedly replaced
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir as supreme leader of regional terror network
Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), as a suspect in the Bali bombings, which
killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.</p><p>Police named Rusdan a suspect after police investigators found
that he was aware of the whereabouts of suspects in the Bali
bombings, but had failed to report them to the police.</p><p>One of Rusdan's team of lawyers, Achmad Mihdan, revealed that
police alleged Rusdan had concealed suspects from the Bali
bombings, but Mihdan said police did not refer to any of the
suspects.</p><p>According to Mihdan, Rusdan would immediately be transferred
to the National Police detention center in South Jakarta from
detention at the Mobile Brigade detention center, Kelapa Dua,
Depok.</p><p>Police arrested Rusdan early last month in Kudus, Central
Java. --JP</p>
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir as supreme leader of regional terror network
Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), as a suspect in the Bali bombings, which
killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.</p><p>Police named Rusdan a suspect after police investigators found
that he was aware of the whereabouts of suspects in the Bali
bombings, but had failed to report them to the police.</p><p>One of Rusdan's team of lawyers, Achmad Mihdan, revealed that
police alleged Rusdan had concealed suspects from the Bali
bombings, but Mihdan said police did not refer to any of the
suspects.</p><p>According to Mihdan, Rusdan would immediately be transferred
to the National Police detention center in South Jakarta from
detention at the Mobile Brigade detention center, Kelapa Dua,
Depok.</p><p>Police arrested Rusdan early last month in Kudus, Central
Java. --JP</p>