The Jakarta Post, 5/7/2002 3:41:55 PM
Hamzah visits detained Laskar Jihad commander
JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Hamzah Haz visited on Tuesday Laskar Jihad
commander Ja'far Umar Thalib, who has been detained since Saturday at National
Police Headquarters in South Jakarta, a report said.
Hamzah, who arrived at 2:30 p.m., entered the building without talking to reporters.
Hamzah, who is also chairman of Muslim-based UnitedDevelopment Party (PPP), has
said before that the government backed firm measures to resolve the conflict in
Maluku.
Earlier in the day, chairman of PPP Reformasi, a splinter party of PPP, Zainuddin MZ
also visited Ja'far in detention. (edt)
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