Wanted bombing suspect surrenders

Wanted bombing suspect surrenders

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dahlan, one of four suspects wanted
after last December's bombing in the South Sulawesi capital of
Makassar, surrendered to police on Friday.

He turned himself in to the Takalar Police Station, some 40
kilometers south of Makassar, at 11 a.m. local time, and arrived
in the South Sulawesi Police Headquarters at around 5:30 p.m.
Dahlan was accompanied by his elder brother Ansar.

"Now we are questioning him about where he has been since the
bombing, and about his role in the bombing," said provincial
police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Achmad Abdi.

Abdi's deputy Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Hermanu said Dahlan
admitted he went into hiding on Mount Kalimata Dulu in Taripa
village, Mangkutana subdistrict, North Luwu regency, after the
blast.

The blasts on Dec. 5, 2002, at a McDonald's outlet and a car
dealership killed three people and injured eleven others.

Police are tracking down three other suspects -- Agung Abdul
Hamid, Hisbullah Rasyid and Mirjal alias Gozy.

Agung was the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attack and
has been linked to the Bali bombings of Oct. 12, 2002, which
killed 202 people. He fled with at least four bombs, police said.

At least 21 suspects, including Dahlan, are being detained
over the Makassar explosion. Sixteen of them are on trial.--JP

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Police deplore sentence for smugglers
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Police deplore sentence for smugglers

SEMARANG: Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Didi Widayadi
expressed regret on Friday over the lenient sentences for
suspects found guilty of smuggling 85 kilograms of gold.

The Boyolali District Court jailed a key suspect, Nusantara
Putra, for only four months on Tuesday, and two other suspects
Budi Cahyono and Ang Oen Tjoen for three months and five days
respectively.

The verdict was handed down in the trial presided over by
Harnani.

Prosecutors had sought an eight-month prison sentence for the
three defendants.

"If we had known the result would be like this, it would have
been better not to bring the case to court. The suspects had been
involved in gold smuggling on six occasions. We foiled their
seventh attempt at Adisumarno Airport in Surakarta," Didi said in
Semarang, Central Java.

He said the seven cases of gold were worth billions of rupiah.
"It shows how much of our foreign exchange has been lost in this
way." --JP

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Alleged Yemeni citizen detained in Papua
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Alleged Yemeni citizen detained in Papua

TIMIKA, Papua: Police here said on Friday they are detaining a
Yemeni citizen, identified as Ubaida Al Hamid, 30, on charges of
illegal entry into Indonesia.

The man was arrested at Mile 22 in Tembagapura, Mimika
regency, close to the compound of American gold and copper mining
firm PT Freeport Indonesia, said local police chief Adj. Sr.
Comr. Paulus Waterpauw.

He said Al Hamid failed to show his passport and visa or other
documents when arrested. "He just gave us copies of his ID and
birth certificate issued in Tual (North Maluku)," he told
journalists in Timika, Mimika regency.

Paulus said the suspect claimed he is an Indonesian of Yemeni
descent, who was born in 1973 in the Central Java city of
Surakarta.

His father was of Saudi Arabian descent and a resident of
Surakarta, while his mother, Ummu Kulsum, was from Yemen, Paulus
quoted Al Hamid as saying.

He said the suspect told police he taught Islam and delivered
sermons at mosques during his stay in Mimika, although he is not
fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.

"It's strange that a foreign citizen comes to Indonesia
without a official permit and carries out religious activities.
This is what we need to investigate," Paulus said. --JP