Slamet moved to Pekanbaru for further investigation
Slamet moved to Pekanbaru for further investigation
Haidir Anwar Tandjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau
Terror suspect Slamet bin Kastari, the alleged leader of Jamaah
Islamiyah (JI) in Singapore, underwent further interrogation in
relation to falsifying identity documents, Riau Police said over
the weekend.
Slamet was flown to Riau Police Headquarters on Saturday from
the town of Tanjung Pinang in the regency aboard a Merpati
flight. He was heavily guarded by elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob)
police. Riau Police chief Brig. Gen. Dedy S. Komaruddin led the
operation.
Riau Police chief detective Sr. Comr. Syafrizal said the
police were yet to link the suspect to terrorist bombings across
Indonesia, including the Bali blasts that killed almost 200
people last October.
"With the possession of fake identity cards, we consider that
he was falsifying documents," Syafrizal told The Jakarta Post on
Saturday.
"We questioned him because he was violating the immigration
law, while he was here (in Pekanbaru)," he said.
Slamet will be charged with violating Law No. 53 on
immigration and Article 266 of the Criminal Code, which carries a
maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment.
"We will immediately submit his dossier to prosecutors as soon
as we finish the investigation," Syafrizal said.
The suspect was arrested two weeks ago by police in Tanjung
Pinang as the Singapore government put him on the wanted list of
people linked to terrorism in the neighboring city state.
Jamaah Islamiyah has been linked to the Bali attack.
Officials in Jakarta have said Slamet would not be extradited
to Singapore due to the absence of an extradition treaty between
the two countries.
Slamet, a Singaporean citizen, has been accused of involvement
in several terror plots against United States' interests in
Singapore last year. But security there managed to foil the
alleged attacks.
When asked about Slamet's possible involvement in the Bali
blasts, Syafrizal replied: "That question should be posed to
National Police Headquarters, not to me."
He said both Slamet and his wife Norlela binti Sahali, who is
detained at the Tanjung Pinang police station, were accused of
holding fake identity cards from Mandau subdistrict in Riau.
The documents under the names of Edi Heriyanto and Sakinah
were fake as they were not signed by the authorized officials,
Syafrizal said.
The secretary of the Mandau subdistrict administration was
arrested for helping falsify the passports and other identity
documents for Slamet and his wife.
Five other officials, including one identified as Fatmawati
from a local travel bureau, were also arrested.
Fatmawati admitted that she received Rp 1 million to help
Slamet's wife obtain a passport.