JI members caught in Philippines

Sun, 25 Apr 2004 | Source: AP

PHILIPPINES: Soldiers captured three suspected members of the Southeast Asian al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) in the southern Philippines, a military source said on Saturday.

The three men were arrested late Friday in a village outside Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province.

They are accused of being recruits of Taufiq Rifqi, an Indonesian who is the alleged treasurer of JI in the Philippines, said a military officer who requested anonymity.

Rifqi was arrested in southern Cotabato city last year. The officer said the three men -- Munta Bunggao, Datu Puti Ungka, Sammy Abdulgani -- were apprehended at their hideout in the village of Tabiran. He gave no other details.

-- AP

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