Two GAM members nabbed in Riau

Tue, 09 Nov 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PEKANBARU, Riau: Riau Police personnel arrested two men believed
to be members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The two -- Ibnu
Umar, 40 and Syaifullah bin Abdullah, 36 -- were nabbed in a
rented house on Jl. Pratama in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau
province at dawn on Saturday.

After the arrest, the two confessed that they were members of
GAM. Ibnu Umar is a GAM military commander for Meulaboh regency,
while Syaifullah is a GAM police officer in the area, said Adj.
Comr. Dwiyono, the chief of the Pekanbaru Police detective unit. -- JP

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