JSX bomb suspects to be handed over

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)