The Jakarta Post, 31 Jan. 2002
Laskar Jihad members face trials
SURABAYA: Surabaya police have completed investigations into 45 extremist Muslim
activists charged with launching violent raids on gambling dens in the East Java town
of Ngawi.
Under tight police escort, the suspects from the militant Laskar Jihad group were sent
back to Ngawi by bus on Wednesday to face trials there.
At the same time, the police also handed over its completed investigation dossiers to
the Ngawi attorney's office.
"The 45 people will be detained at the Ngawi attorney's office until after the court
proceedings," East Java police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Said Harunantyo said in
Surabaya.
The suspects were among 102 Laskar Jihad members arrested in November for
allegedly taking the law into their own hands when illegally raiding gambling dens in
the town.
The dossiers of another four suspects have already been handed to Ngawi
prosecutors, while the remaining 53 militants have been released. --JP
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