Police free two Doulos suspects

Police free two Doulos suspects

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho
Djajoesman said on Tuesday that two of the 11 suspects being
questioned over the Christian-run Doulos Foundation burning
incident have been released due to lack of evidence.

"They have been freed as there was very little evidence
against them," Noegroho told reporters. He, however, did not give
any names.

Some 300 people, armed with sharp weapons and Molotov
cocktails, stormed the foundation's complex in Cipayung, East
Jakarta, and burned the 2.7-hectare complex to the ground on the
evening of Dec. 15.

Earlier, a source close to the investigation said that one of
the suspects was Sumardi, a former government employee, while two
others were students of a known university here.

"The students are members of the Defenders of Islam (FPI),"
the officer said.

FPI has denied that any of its members had a role in the arson
attack that killed one person.

The source also said that attack had been plotted at the end
of last month by the mastermind, who was still at large.

"On Dec. 15, the suspects were told by a friend of the
mastermind to contact one of the suspects, Untung. They then
planned to meet with the crowd who were to break their fast at a
mosque, some 200 meters from the foundation."

"Right after the Tarawih (Ramadhan evening prayer), they
stormed the foundation," the officer said. (ylt)