Suspected snoops investigated

Suspected snoops investigated

JAKARTA (JP): Six men suspected of being military intelligence
agents were handed over to the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
(YLBHI) for further investigation after being caught by students
in several student protests here.

Muchtar from YLBHI said on Sunday that some of the arrested
suspects had already been released because they were unwilling to
provide information.

"None of the suspected intelligence officers wanted to reveal
their identities.

"So, we can only obtain their addresses and escort them to
their respective homes. But we'll keep probing who they really
are," he told The Jakarta Post.

One of the six was captured by students in the early hours of
Sunday inside the Atma Jaya Catholic University campus on Jl.
Sudirman in South Jakarta.

The man, identified as Tatang, claimed he was employed by an
advertising company, PT Tika Utama, and was a graduate of the
Institute of Social and Politics Sciences (IISIP).

"I'm concerned about the students' struggle, that's why I want
to remind them not to be easily provoked," Tatang told reporters
before he was sent to YLBHI.

Tatang was reportedly spotted asking students the identities
of their leaders and using military codes in notes which were
later found inside his bag. (emf)