Police send team to the Philipines

Police send team to the Philipines

JAKARTA: Indonesian police have sent a team of investigators
to the Philippines following the arrest of four Indonesians
carrying explosives in the southern Philippines last week.

The team was assigned to look into possibilities the
Indonesians were related to regional terrorist group Jemaah
Islamiyah (JI).

"Philippines' authorities have yet to establish the connection
between these men with JI and our team is trying to verify the
links of these men to the organization," police spokesman Brig.
Gen. Edward Aritonang said Tuesday, as quoted by detik.com.

He said police would support the foreign ministry in ensuring
the Indonesians were tried fairly and openly.

The alleged terrorists, identified as Yustinos Barahama, Alan
Panggilawan, Mark Panggilawan and Charlito Panggilawan were
arrested last week with a Filipino, carrying two-bags of
explosives at a bus station in General Santos city.

Two Indonesians are currently serving jail terms in the
Philippines for carrying explosives and involvement with the
terrorist network.--JP.