Gus Dur may face police questioning

Gus Dur may face police questioning

JAKARTA (JP): A Moslem activist filed a complaint with the
police yesterday over remarks by popular Moslem leader
Abdurrahman Wahid he considered slanderous.

Chief of the City Police Detectives Col. Paimin Aboeamr said
the authorities would study the claim lodged by Andrianto, chief
of the Humanika Foundation.

Andrianto claimed Gus Dur, as Abdurrahman is affectionately
called, accused Humanika in a seminar this week of masterminding
the Dec. 26 riot in Tasikmalaya, West Java.

Under the Indonesia legal system, inciting riots is a serious
offense that can be tried under the subversion law, which carries
a maximum penalty of death.

Andrianto charged that Gus Dur, who chairs the 30 million-
strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization, had tarnished
the foundation's good name.

Paimin said the police would summon the conflicting parties if
they deemed the complaint worth investigating.

Accompanying Andrianto were Humanika's public relations
officer Herdarmin and Nurul Silhi Nawawi, chief of Humanika's
office in Malang, East Java.

Gus Dur accused Humanika of providing funds for several NU
activists to stir up the riot, which claimed four lives and
caused extensive damage to non-Moslem facilities. (jun)