Police to submit Ghufron's dossier to prosecutors Monday
Police to submit Ghufron's dossier to prosecutors Monday
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Investigators are expected to submit the dossier of Ali Ghufron
alias Mukhlas, one of the key operatives in the Bali terror
bombings, to the prosecutor's office Monday as local officials
plan to bury body parts of victims killed in the deadly terrorist
attacks.
Ghufron is the elder brother of Amrozi, one of the first
suspects arrested for the Bali bombing, and Ali Imron, the
alleged bomb assembler.
"We will submit the dossier on Monday," Director of Bali
Police Headquarters' Detective and Crime Section Snr. Com. Eddy
Kusuma Wijaya was quoted by Antara as saying in Bali, Denpasar on
Sunday.
The dossier of Ghufron, widely believed to be the western
Indonesia regional coordinator of the so-called Jamaah Islamiyah
(JI), reportedly replaced Riduan Isammudin, alias Hambali, who is
one of the most wanted men in Asia and believed to be the overall
operational head of JI. Ghufron's is the second case file to be
completed after police investigators submitted the dossier of
Amrozi to the Bali prosecutor's office earlier.
Ghufron was nabbed in Mohammad Najib's house in Tulung sub-
district, Klaten district, Central Java, in December 2002.
Police have so far arrested 25 suspects. Fifteen dossiers of
those allegedly involved in the blasts that killed almost 200
people and injured some 350 others would soon be handed over,
Eddy said.
The 14 suspects, whose dossiers are still being processed,
included Abdul Azis alias Imam Samudra, alleged mastermind of the
bombing and Ali Ghufron, he said.
Under the government's regulation in lieu of laws No. 1 and
2/2002 on anti-terrorism, Abdul Aziz and Ali Ghufron could be
given the death penalty, he said.
Meanwhile, Bali provincial officials are planning to bury
unclaimed body parts of victims killed in the Bali bombing as
soon as possible.
"Based on our coordination meeting with the Bali police
forensic team, the body parts can be buried," Bali health
department head Made Molin Yudiasa was quoted by Detik.com on
Sunday.
"The governor (Dewa Made Beratha) has instructed us to
coordinate with the Denpasar traditional village head on the
planned burial," Molin said.
He said the body parts would be put in plastic bags and
properly numbered for easy identification. "One plastic bag for
each set of parts with the same DNA," he said. The bags will then
be placed in coffins for burial.
According to Molin, the body parts had undergone DNA tests but
had not been claimed by family members.
He also said that local officials would on Monday notify a
number of foreign Consulate Generals on the government plan to
bury the body parts.
"We will wait for their response for one week. If after one
week they don't respond, we will bury them immediately," he said.
Last Thursday, Australian Disaster Victim Identification team
handed over 140 bags of body parts that had not been claimed by
their families and three unidentified victims to Indonesian
police.