Police web site hacked by Laskar Jihad supporters
Police web site hacked by Laskar Jihad supporters
JAKARTA (JP): The National Police discovered on Tuesday that
its official web site had been hacked by a group calling itself
the Indonesian Muslim Hackers Movement (KAHMI).
Normally filled with information relating to police forces
across the nation, the web site, www.polri.go.id, instead carried
a strong message demanding the release of Ja'far Umar Thalib,
commander of the Laskar Jihad Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamma'ah Muslim
group.
"This hacking incident is an obvious effort to put pressure on
police to release Ja'far. We were of course shocked by it, but it
will not influence our decision regarding him," National Police
spokesman Insp. Gen. Didi Widayadi said on Tuesday.
The message, stated in bold colorful letters that, if the
National Police did not have the ability to solve the problems of
Muslims, they should not instead try to fight religious
followers.
Excerpts from the message included a warning that the police
"should not try to form a conspiracy with the Jews, the
Christians and other enemies of Islam who are not happy with the
adoption of Islamic Law".
Police arrested Ja'far on Friday at Juanda Airport in
Surabaya, East Java, on charges of inciting hatred against a
religion and ordering the murder of one of his followers on a
mission in riot-torn Maluku.
Didi added that the hacking of the web site did not affect the
work of the National Police Headquarters.
Separately, National Police Chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro
declared on Tuesday that any kind of pressure would not influence
him or his personnel to release Ja'far.
"We are focusing our investigation primarily on the murder
charge," said Bimantoro, to whom KAHMI was directing its message.
He said Ja'far would face 556 questions from police.
In a related development, lawyers of the Laskar Jihad filed a
lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court against the National
Police, alleging the unlawful arrest of Ja'far.
Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) deputy chairman Amidhan joined
his colleague MUI secretary-general Din Syamsuddin in providing a
guarantee that Ja'far would not abscond should he be released
from police custody.
Didi also said that National Police remained undecided over a
formal request for the temporary release of former Palangka Raya
University rector KMA Usop, who has been named a suspect for
allegedly inciting interethnic clashes between Dayaks and
Madurese migrants in Central Kalimantan.
"What Usop has been charged with is not a light matter. We
will consider all aspects of the case before we arrive at any
decision," Didi said.
Usop's lawyer, Baron Ruhat Binti, said on Tuesday that he was
quite confident the National Police would release his client
within the next two days. (ylt)