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News Focus : PUBLIC EXPECTING MORE SOLID EVIDENCE ON POLICE'S CLAIM
By Eliswan Azly
Jakarta, Aug 10 (ANTARA) - With intelligence observers reportedly doubting the police's claim that a terror group had planned to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the National Police (Polri) are now under moral pressure to show the public more solid or concrete evidence of their allegation.
Police have also been urged to confirm or deny soon that a man killed in a raid in Temanngung, Central Java, was their most wanted terror suspect, Noordin M Top.
"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 recently.
The police should show the public convincing proof that the man who was shot dead in the raid in Temanggung was really Noordin M Top or somebody else, he said.
According to him, 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.
In the meantime, Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, an intelligence expert from Bandung?s Parahiyangan University said that the police needed to gather more data on this plot.
"I believe that the statement served only to justify Yudhoyono?s speech made not long after the JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotel bombings," he said, adding that the bombings were widely suspected to have been masterminded by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group.
During his speech, Yudhoyono said he had become a terrorist target because of his victory in the July 8 presidential election. Later he denied making such a statement and claimed the media had misquoted him.
After intensive investigation, the police then claimed to have discovered one of JI?s hideouts in Jatiasih, Bekasi. During a raid that ensued, the police killed two alleged JI members -Ari Setiawan and Eko Sarjono- and also claimed to have seized around 500 kilos of explosives.
The same day, the police also raided a small house in a remote village in Temanggung, Central Jakarta, killing a man they believed to be Noordin M Top, a prominent JI recruiter and terror suspect linked to previous suicide bombing attacks.
During a press conference, National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Air dan Eko hand planned to detonate explosives at Yudhoyono's private residence in Cikeas, Bogor. The President's residence is located around five kilometers from Jatiasih.
However, Perwita said the raids on the JI hideouts were carried out as publicity stunts to boost Yudhoyono's image.
"Political motives are always a possibility behind successful raids and the discovery of bombs. Therefore, the police really need to gather more data and evidence before issuing the statements," he was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying.
Sharing the same opinion with the two above-mentioned speakers, Ikrar Nusa Bakti, a military observer of the Indonesian Institute for Sciences (LIPI), said that the terrorists group's plan to attack Yudhoyono was still doubted.
It was much better for the police not to be in a hurry to conclude that President Yudhoyono was the target of terrorist attacks by pointing out the geographical location of the terrorists' hideout.
The police should provide more accurate data and evidence pertaining to the terrorists' plan, he said.
"The statement, made by the national police chief that the president was under threat of the terrorists just because Jatiasih was not so far away from Cikeas, is really baseless," he said.
According to him, it was impossible for the terrorists to indivudally carry out an attack on the president , especially at his Cikias residence. Except, if the police had really found supporting evidence that the terrorist group had such a plan.
Just the fact that Jati Asih was located relatively close to Cikeas, he said, could not serve as conclusive proof of the terror group's plan to attack the presidential residence, he said.
The terrorists could just as well have accidentally rented a house in Jatiasih or not chosen it because of its relative proximity to Cikeas , he said.
A similar opinion was expressed by the deputy secretary general of the Greater Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra), Ahmad Muzani, who called on the police to provide stronger and more solid evidence to support their conslusions.
"I do agree that the police's statements were not endorsed by the facts. They seem to have been designed to serve a certain poltical purpose. If they were actually politically motivated, we really regret it," he said, according to Kompas. Com.
However, security at President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's private residence was tightened following the alleged discovery of a terrorist plot to kill him.
Police and military personnel were on Monday seen stationed at strategic places leading to the president's private residence in Cikeas, Bogor.
Although members of the public are still allowed to ride or walk through the road leading to the president's house, they now have to pass three checkpoints while previously there were only two checkpoints.
All private cars entering the immediate neighborhood of the president's residence must pass thorough check points where security personnel take a close look at the cars' engines, trunks and passenger compartments.
Newsmen covering the presidential activities were not allowed to enter the presidential residence's compound and had to stop at the last check point. ***4***
(T. E002/A/HAJM/14:30/A/O001)
Jakarta, Aug 10 (ANTARA) - With intelligence observers reportedly doubting the police's claim that a terror group had planned to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the National Police (Polri) are now under moral pressure to show the public more solid or concrete evidence of their allegation.
Police have also been urged to confirm or deny soon that a man killed in a raid in Temanngung, Central Java, was their most wanted terror suspect, Noordin M Top.
"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 recently.
The police should show the public convincing proof that the man who was shot dead in the raid in Temanggung was really Noordin M Top or somebody else, he said.
According to him, 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.
In the meantime, Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, an intelligence expert from Bandung?s Parahiyangan University said that the police needed to gather more data on this plot.
"I believe that the statement served only to justify Yudhoyono?s speech made not long after the JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotel bombings," he said, adding that the bombings were widely suspected to have been masterminded by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group.
During his speech, Yudhoyono said he had become a terrorist target because of his victory in the July 8 presidential election. Later he denied making such a statement and claimed the media had misquoted him.
After intensive investigation, the police then claimed to have discovered one of JI?s hideouts in Jatiasih, Bekasi. During a raid that ensued, the police killed two alleged JI members -Ari Setiawan and Eko Sarjono- and also claimed to have seized around 500 kilos of explosives.
The same day, the police also raided a small house in a remote village in Temanggung, Central Jakarta, killing a man they believed to be Noordin M Top, a prominent JI recruiter and terror suspect linked to previous suicide bombing attacks.
During a press conference, National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Air dan Eko hand planned to detonate explosives at Yudhoyono's private residence in Cikeas, Bogor. The President's residence is located around five kilometers from Jatiasih.
However, Perwita said the raids on the JI hideouts were carried out as publicity stunts to boost Yudhoyono's image.
"Political motives are always a possibility behind successful raids and the discovery of bombs. Therefore, the police really need to gather more data and evidence before issuing the statements," he was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying.
Sharing the same opinion with the two above-mentioned speakers, Ikrar Nusa Bakti, a military observer of the Indonesian Institute for Sciences (LIPI), said that the terrorists group's plan to attack Yudhoyono was still doubted.
It was much better for the police not to be in a hurry to conclude that President Yudhoyono was the target of terrorist attacks by pointing out the geographical location of the terrorists' hideout.
The police should provide more accurate data and evidence pertaining to the terrorists' plan, he said.
"The statement, made by the national police chief that the president was under threat of the terrorists just because Jatiasih was not so far away from Cikeas, is really baseless," he said.
According to him, it was impossible for the terrorists to indivudally carry out an attack on the president , especially at his Cikias residence. Except, if the police had really found supporting evidence that the terrorist group had such a plan.
Just the fact that Jati Asih was located relatively close to Cikeas, he said, could not serve as conclusive proof of the terror group's plan to attack the presidential residence, he said.
The terrorists could just as well have accidentally rented a house in Jatiasih or not chosen it because of its relative proximity to Cikeas , he said.
A similar opinion was expressed by the deputy secretary general of the Greater Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra), Ahmad Muzani, who called on the police to provide stronger and more solid evidence to support their conslusions.
"I do agree that the police's statements were not endorsed by the facts. They seem to have been designed to serve a certain poltical purpose. If they were actually politically motivated, we really regret it," he said, according to Kompas. Com.
However, security at President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's private residence was tightened following the alleged discovery of a terrorist plot to kill him.
Police and military personnel were on Monday seen stationed at strategic places leading to the president's private residence in Cikeas, Bogor.
Although members of the public are still allowed to ride or walk through the road leading to the president's house, they now have to pass three checkpoints while previously there were only two checkpoints.
All private cars entering the immediate neighborhood of the president's residence must pass thorough check points where security personnel take a close look at the cars' engines, trunks and passenger compartments.
Newsmen covering the presidential activities were not allowed to enter the presidential residence's compound and had to stop at the last check point. ***4***
(T. E002/A/HAJM/14:30/A/O001)
