Leaflets on Islamic state

Leaflets on Islamic state

TEMANGGUNG, Central Java: The authorities are tracking down
people who circulated anonymous leaflets urging local Moslems to
join forces and turn Indonesia into an Islamic state.

The inflammatory leaflets also discredit the Armed Forces
because it is not sympathetic to their cause.

"We are coordinating with related agencies to investigate the
case and chase people making and circulating the pamphlets,"
Temanggung alert center chief Maj. Kasrofi told reporters
yesterday.

According to official statistics, almost 90 percent of
Indonesia's 200 million people are Moslems. But attempts to turn
the country into an Islamic state is considered subversion and
liable to capital punishment.

Regent Sardjono said that in the past, Temanggung was a
stronghold of Usroh, an organization that sought to make
Indonesia an Islamic state.

Its leaders were detained and many of them fled, possibly to a
third country, he said. "Perhaps they are waging a clandestine
movement and are responsible for the leaflets," he said. (har)