JSX bomber flown to Jakarta from North Aceh

JSX bomber flown to Jakarta from North Aceh

JAKARTA (JP): The convicted executor of the Jakarta Stock
Exchange (JSX) bombing last year, Ibrahim Hasan, has been flown
on Monday afternoon from Lhokseumawe in North Aceh to Jakarta by
helicopter and is expected to arrive in the capital later in the
evening.

Spokesman for Aceh Security Operation Lt. Col. Firdaus said
that after arriving in Jakarta, Ibrahim, a former member of the
Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), would be sent to the
city Military Police's prison as he had previously escaped from
the military police's detention.

"During the flight, Ibrahim will be guarded by Military Police
personnel. The helicopter will refuel in Medan, North Sumatra,
before resuming its flight to Jakarta," Firdaus told The Jakarta
Post.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Bibit Waluyo
said Ibrahim would be delivered to the National Military Police
Headquarters.

"He will have to face a military tribunal for his wrongdoing,"
Bibit said as quoted by SCTV private television station.

Firdaus said Ibrahim -- believed to be a member of the Free
Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist movement -- was fit to face an
investigation on his escape from the Military Police's detention
and alleged involvement in terrorist and bomb attacks in
Lhokseumawe a few days before the country's Independence Day.

"In our preliminary questioning, Ibrahim admitted that he
arrived in Kandang village on Aug. 14, and that after escaping
detention, he had been in contact with GAM members. Ibrahim also
admitted that a GAM member, Syaiful, had mentioned GAM's plan to
launch terrorist attacks, including bomb attacks, ahead of the
Independence Day celebration," he said.

Commenting on GAM's denial of Ibrahim's story and his GAM
membership, Firdaus said: "It's up to it to deny Ibrahim's story,
but he (Ibrahim) witnessed GAM's preparations in its Kandang
village headquarters for its terrorist attacks."

At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in a
powerful explosion in the JSX parking lot on Sept. 13, 2000. Some
200 cars were destroyed in the incident. (tso)