JSX bomb suspects to be handed over

JAKARTA (JP): The City Police will hand over the six suspects in the bomb explosion at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building on Sept. 13 last year, to the Jakarta Prosecutors Office, early next week.

"The suspects will be handed over with the evidence in the bombing case early next week... following the completion of the dossiers of all six suspects on Dec. 26 last year," Jakarta Police's chief of detectives Chief Comr. Harry Montolalu said on Thursday.

The suspects in the bomb explosion, which killed 11 people last year and destroyed about 200 cars, were identified as Ibrahim Wahab, Ibrahim Hasan, Irwan, Nuryadin, Tengku Ismuhadi and Iswadi.

The evidence comprises a Toyota Mark II sedan, a Suzuki Sidekick jeep and bombing material found at the Krung Baro auto repair shop on Jl. Warung Silah No. 99 in Ciganjur, South Jakarta, where the bomb was prepared.

Ibrahim, a military officer, and Iswadi had also been named the suspects in the Aug. 27 grenade explosion at the Malaysian Embassy compound earlier last year.

As reported earlier, prior to executing the JSX bombing on Sept. 13 last year, one of the two alleged masterminds of the bombing withdrew Rp 350 million (then US$39,000) in cash from a Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) branch in Cilangkap, South Jakarta and converted it to U.S. dollars at a nearby branch of Bank Central Asia (BCA).

The alleged mastermind and his three fellow accomplices then went to the JSX building in the Toyota Mark II sedan and Suzuki Sidekick jeep.

Irwan, who was driving the sedan, parked the car -- already planted with the powerful bomb -- in the parking lot and left to join his friends in the jeep.

The four, including the alleged mastermind Tengku Ismuhadi, Ibrahim Hasan and Ibrahim A. Manaf, then drove to nearby Plaza Senayan shopping center.

Several minutes later they drove to the JSX building to see if their mission had been accomplished. Some of them, including Ismuhadi, even got out of the car and joined the crowd to watch the police, rescue workers and the press.

Later in the evening, the four along with the other suspects gathered at their friend's house in Condet, East Jakarta to watch TV reports of the blast.

Harry had earlier said that Ismuhadi, a businessman, withdrew the cash from his own account to exchange it for the greenback in the hope that he would profit the following day when the rupiah nose-dived.

The bomb was installed in the car by Nuryadin, a worker at the Krung Baro auto repair shop. (ylt)