The Jakarta Post, July 14, 2007
Five terror suspects moved from Yogyakarta to Jakarta
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta
Four terror suspects, including Abu Dujana, were transferred by bus Friday from
Yogyakarta to Greater Jakarta, where they will be detained until their trial.
The four -- Abu Dujana, alias Ainun Bahri, Zarkasih, alias Mbah, Nur Afifudin and Ruri
-- made the 12-hour trip on an air-conditiioned bus usually used for tourists.
Security for the trip was provided by members of the police's Special Detachment 88
anti-terror unit.
The four will be detained at the Kelapa Dua, Depok, headquarters of police
paramilitary unit Brimob.
In Yogyakarta, the four suspects, with their arms and legs shackled, were loaded on
the bus one by one. The first to enter was Zarkasih. When Abu Dujana was led onto
the bus he seemed relaxed and managed a smile.
"The four suspects were taken to Jakarta on board a tourist bus while another
suspect, Hasanudin, who was involved in a case in Poso, was taken to Jakarta by
plane," said the Brimob commander in Yogyakarta, Adj. Sr. Comr. Seno.
Hasanudin was allegedly involved in the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls in
Poso, Central Sulawesi.
He was flown to Yogyakarta from Jakarta for the investigation into Abu Dujana and the
three other suspects.
On Wednesday afternoon, the five suspects were involved in a case reconstruction in
Ngaglik, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta.
During the reconstruction, it was revealed that Abu Dujana and his group had three
clandestine meetings in Sleman.
Abu Dujana was arrested June 9 in Banyumas, Central Java. He is believed to be the
head of the military wing of Jamaah Islamiyah, a regional terrorist group blamed for a
string of bombings in the country.
He is wanted in connection with several bomb attacks, including the 2004 Australian
Embassy bombing in Jakarta and a car bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta a
year earlier.
Zarkasih has been alleged to have been in charge of all JI operations and activities in
Indonesia.
These activities, according to police, included hiding convicted terrorist Ali Gufron in
Legian, Bali, and helping the still on the run Noordin M. Top and deceased
bombmaker Azahari bin Husin carry out the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing.
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