JSX bomber's wife declared suspect in Atrium bombing

JSX bomber's wife declared suspect in Atrium bombing

JAKARTA (JP): The wife of one of the Jakarta Stock Exchange
bombers was declared a suspect by police on Tuesday in connection
with last Sunday's bombing of Atrium Plaza.

Aznani, whose husband Tengku Ismuhadi is serving a life
sentence at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta, is currently
being detained at Jakarta Police Headquarters.

Some of Aznani's statements made during police questioning
were obscure and police suspected that a receipt from a car deal,
involving the sedan in which the bomb was placed, had been made
following the bombing.

"During questioning, we learned that many of her facts didn't
add up. There are many irregularities concerning the car's sale,"
Jakarta Police spokesman, Anton Bachrul Alam told reporters.

Aznani (not Isnaeni as mentioned on Monday by one of her
lawyers, Johnson Panjaitan) sold a Ford laser sedan to Ramli on
Sept. 19 as instructed by her husband from behind bars.

Ramli is the owner of a second-hand car showroom in the Kebon
Jeruk area of West Jakarta.

Aznani had been questioned by police not long after the bomb
exploded.

One of her lawyers, Ecoline Situmorang from the Indonesian
Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), said Aznani was
merely carrying out her husband's order.

"She was told by Tengku to hand over the car even though Ramli
was only going to pay for it in October.. she didn't know and
didn't suspect anything," Ecoline said, adding that Ramli had
been a longtime friend of Tengku Ismuhadi.

Atrium Plaza has been targeted for bomb attacks twice over the
past two months. The first was in August, seriously injuring six
people.

Police have caught 14 people involved in the first bombing,
including Dani, a Malaysian and Abas, who claimed to be members
of a Jihad group, whose leaders, Hambali and Samudra, currently
reside in Malaysia.

As for the second bombing, police suspect the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) as the mastermind as Tengku Ismuhadi was believed
to have had close connections with the movement.

Meanwhile, Atrium Plaza has resumed its normal operations
starting on Monday, though, with added security.

People crowded the shopping mall, as if they had forgotten the
bomb blast just days ago, according to a receptionist at the
mall.

"Atrium is crowded as usual, I didn't notice any decline in
the number of visitors," she said.

Since 1999, there have been 38 bombing cases nationwide.

The police claim to have uncovered 31 cases, while admitting
that they are still in the process of tracking down those who
were involved.

The police have identified four masterminds behind the spate
of bombings nationwide, namely GAM, the Jihad group that Dani and
Abas are members, Hutomo Tommy Mandala Putra, or other
individuals.

All the bombing cases were related to one of these groups or
individuals, police said.(06)