Police to question six suspected RI terrorist
Police to question six suspected RI terrorist
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Kudus, Central Java
The government will detain for questioning the six Indonesian
students currently held by Pakistani authorities for alleged
involvement in terrorist activities, the foreign minister said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda also said on
Tuesday that a joint team consisting of ministry officials and
police personnel would leave for Pakistan this week to bring the
students home. Pakistan has decided to deport the students.
"The team will bring them home for further investigation into
their possible terrorist activities," he said after a security
meeting.
Pakistan said earlier that two of the six students were
involved in terrorist acts, while the remaining four were part of
a terrorist cell in that country.
The six students are Rusman Gunawan, alias Gun Gun, Muhammad
Saifuddin, Ilham Sopandi, Furquon Abdullah, Muhammad Anwar
Asshidique and David Pintarto.
Gun Gun is the younger brother of Indonesian-born terrorist
suspect Ridwan Isamuddin, alias Hambali, the alleged regional
point man of Osama bin Laden. Gun Gun has admitted to sending
money to Hambali, who is currently under U.S. custody at an
undisclosed location.
"Pakistani authorities have offered to deport these men back
here because they did not plan any terrorist attacks in that
country and did not violate any regulations there," Hassan said.
The six students were detained for alleged visa violations,
but the ensuing probe indicated they were linked to terrorist
activities.
Meanwhile, National Police deputy public relations chief Brig.
Gen. Soenarko said the police had prepared a series of questions
for the students.
"Police will question them as soon as they arrive," he said.
National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar has said the students
do not have any criminal records.
"They will be deported because they have involved in some
misdemeanor, and we can't say whether they are involved in
terrorism acts or not. However, if they are involved in such
activities, they will be prosecuted under Pakistani law, as well
as Egyptian law," said Soenarko.
In another development, a man allegedly involved in regional
terrorist network Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), Taufik Achmad, was
abducted by unidentified men on Sunday in Kudus, Central Java.
Taufik's wife Alisyah did not report the abduction to police,
although her husband was taken by five unidentified men in a
minivan in broad daylight.
Sutarno, a neighbor, said on Tuesday that Taufik was once seen
with Abu Rusdan, a suspected terrorist currently on trial.
Taufik also attended Al Islam boarding school and was
classmates with Amrozi, one of the Bali bombing masterminds now
on death row.
Local police continue to hunt down two other terrorist
suspects, Taufik Rozak and Parawiyanto, who are said to be
members of a group that built a stockpile of explosives in
Central Java.