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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 20:30
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LEGISLATOR: POLICE SHOULD BE HONEST ABOUT NOORDIN'S DEATH
Jakarta, Aug 10 (ANTARA) - The National Police (Polri) Headquarters should be honest about the alleged death of extremist Noordin M Top during Saturday's raid on a house in Temanggung, Central Java, a legislator said.
"We actually appreciate the police's anti-terror unit Densus 88 for its efforts in conducting the raid in Temanggung and another one in Bekasi, West Java, resulting in the elimination of three terror supects but the police should be honest and announce whether one of the fatalities was Noordin M Top or not," House of Representatives (DPR) Commission-I (defense, information and foreign affairs) member Andreas Pareira said here on Monday.
"Show the public convincing proof that the man who was shot dead in the raid in Temanggung was really Noordin M Top, or, if he is not the wanted Malaysian extremist, the police should say so honestly," he said.
He said the police's honesty in this case was important, because once the police had told the public a lie, it would be the end of their reputation as the institution responsible for combating terrorism.
The anti-terror police on Saturday raided a house believed to be Noordin's hideout at Beji village in the Kedu region of Temanggung district, Central Java.
The raid was carried out after at least five explosions were heard happening in the house. Fugitive Malaysian-born terrorist Noordin M Top was believed to have been killed in the raid.
The Indonesian government has intensified efforts to find Noordin M Top following the bombings of two hotels at Mega Kuningan, in Jakarta last July 17, 2009, which filled nine people and injured 53 others.
Based on the findings and modus operandi of the bomb blasts, Noordin M Top and his network were suspected to have been behind the bombings.***
"We actually appreciate the police's anti-terror unit Densus 88 for its efforts in conducting the raid in Temanggung and another one in Bekasi, West Java, resulting in the elimination of three terror supects but the police should be honest and announce whether one of the fatalities was Noordin M Top or not," House of Representatives (DPR) Commission-I (defense, information and foreign affairs) member Andreas Pareira said here on Monday.
"Show the public convincing proof that the man who was shot dead in the raid in Temanggung was really Noordin M Top, or, if he is not the wanted Malaysian extremist, the police should say so honestly," he said.
He said the police's honesty in this case was important, because once the police had told the public a lie, it would be the end of their reputation as the institution responsible for combating terrorism.
The anti-terror police on Saturday raided a house believed to be Noordin's hideout at Beji village in the Kedu region of Temanggung district, Central Java.
The raid was carried out after at least five explosions were heard happening in the house. Fugitive Malaysian-born terrorist Noordin M Top was believed to have been killed in the raid.
The Indonesian government has intensified efforts to find Noordin M Top following the bombings of two hotels at Mega Kuningan, in Jakarta last July 17, 2009, which filled nine people and injured 53 others.
Based on the findings and modus operandi of the bomb blasts, Noordin M Top and his network were suspected to have been behind the bombings.***
