Sat, 19 May 2001

Solidamor chief questioned

JAKARTA (JP): City Police detectives questioned a coordinator of the Solidarity for Peace in East Timor (Solidamor), a non- governmental organization, on Friday, in connection with last week's Guntur bombing, which claimed at least three lives.

Bonar Tigor Naipospos said that police questioned him as a witness in the bombing, and stressed that his relationship with Faisal Syaifuddin, coordinator of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA), was of a routine nature.

"Once Faisal used my office for a group meeting... as non- governmental organizations, we help one another, but that is it," Bonar told reporters at the city police station.

He added that he had never met Diana, reportedly a SIRA activist and a suspect at large, at any SIRA meeting.

"I do not know whom she is, and have never met her," Bonar said.

Meanwhile, police detectives said that Faisal would be questioned on Monday as a suspect in the bombing. (ylt)