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| Police arrest terror suspect in Makassar |
| 2009-07-26 |
| [Jakarta Post] Local police officers from Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi, have arrested a man for his alleged link to the terror network responsible for a series of bomb attacks in the country over the last seven years. As of Saturday afternoon, the East Makassar police office was questioning the man, identified only as MA alias TH. The police nabbed MA, who said was a native of East Java, at his boarding house on Jl. Pengayoman in Makassar at around 5:30 a.m. local time. Police confiscated five ID cards bearing his photograph but with different names, birth dates and birthplaces. Birthplaces include Surabaya and Magetan in East Java, as well as Makassar and Luwuk Banggai in Central Sulawesi. Police also seized two passports, one of them revealing he once visited Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, a laptop, four automatic teller machine cards and nine credit cards. East Makassar Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Mansyur said local people reported MA had always spent his time inside his boarding house since he arrived on July 7. Some suspected he was Noordin M. Top, the most wanted terror suspect accused of masterminding the latest bombings in Jakarta last week and previous attacks since 2002. Mansyur said MA confessed to committing cyber crimes that had earned him Rp 100 million by breaking into the computer systems of four banks. It remains unclear where the money has gone. South Sulawesi police chief Insp. Gen. Mathius Salempang said investigations were underway to verify MA's connection with the terrorist group. "We don't know yet if he is linked to the terror network, but we definitely have to acknowledge people's suspicions," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |