Police to search Thailand for terrorist

Police to search Thailand for terrorist

JAKARTA: The police might go to Thailand to look for links
between foreign terrorists and a former Army soldier they
arrested for allegedly masterminding a series of bombings in
Jakarta, National Police Chief Da'i Bachtiar said on Thursday.

"We're developing the possibility whether there is indeed an
international (terrorist) network since the fact shows that the
person went to Thailand," Da'i told reporters.

On Tuesday the police arrested former soldier Ramli, an
Acehnese they believed masterminded the bombings of several
shopping centers and churches in Jakarta in 2000 and 2001. Six
others were also arrested on the same charges.

Da'i said Ramli's passport showed he traveled to Thailand. The
latter earlier claimed he met friends there. "Of course we would
like to know what he did and whom he met there," said Da'i.

Police said that Ramli might have links to the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM), which is fighting for its independence. -- JP