Yuwono Susetyo remains silent on kidnapping

Yuwono Susetyo remains silent on kidnapping

Ainur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya

Yuwono Susetyo, chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjungan) in Ngawi, East Java, who was found tied
up in a forest in Karanganyar, Central Java, two weeks ago
remains silent about his kidnapping and abductors.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Harunantyo, spokesman for the East Java Police,
said the police had tried to gain detailed information about the
kidnapping but Yuwono, who is undergoing medical treatment at Dr.
Sutomo General Hospital in Surabaya, has refused to discuss the
incident.

"Yuwono still remains silent and, so far, has refused to give
any details about his kidnapping and the kidnappers," he told The
Jakarta Post here over the weekend.

He said the police were waiting for the appropriate time to
question him.

He added that Yuwono was talkative with relatives who had
accompanied him to the hospital over the last two weeks.

Harunantyo said further that Yuwono was also one of nine
suspects in the attack on a house belonging to Muhyi Effendy, a
member of the Lasjkar Jihad.

Other suspects in the case are, among others, Novar Effendy
Suseto, Edi Sunarta, Totok Harsono and Agung Wahyudi, all of whom
are in police custody.

Of 102 Lasjkar Jihad members detained by the police, 66 have
been released and the remaining 36 will undergo further
investigation in connection with the raid on gambling activities
during the fasting month of Ramadhan and Yuwono's abduction.

"The police will compare other witnesses' statements with
Yuwono's, and if the latter remains silent it will certainly be
his loss," he said.

"The police will confront other witnesses with Yuwono's
statement, and if the latter remains silent it will certainly be
his loss," he said.