NOORDIN`S BODY EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON OCT 1

JAKARTA, Sept 25 (Bernama) -- The remains of Noordin Mohd Top, Asia's most
wanted terrorist who was shot dead by Indonesian anti-terrorism police during a
raid in Solo, Central Java on Sept 17, is expected to arrive in Malaysia on Oct
1, said Indonesian police.

Indonesian Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri was quoted in a local online
media Friday as saying that representatives from the Malaysian police force had
arrived to make the necessary arrangements for the body to be taken back.

He added that the remains of Noordin, who was on the run from Indonesian
police for almost nine years before his death, was now at the Kramat Jati Polri
Hospital here.

On Sept 24, three representatives from the Malaysian police force were
reported to have accompanied Indonesian police to the Polri Hospital, but no
statements were issued to the media.

Bernama was reliably informed that none of Noordin's family members from
Johor would come to Indonesia, to claim Noordin's body, although it was earlier
reported that his wife and Noordin's brother would come here on Sept 27.

Noordin and three of his Indonesian accomplices were killed during the raid
after a shootout with police while 200kg of explosives, fire arms, lap tops and
documents were recovered from the scene by the police.

Meanwhile, local reports also claimed that the burial of one of the
Indonesian terrorists who was killed during the raid, could not take place as
the villagers had opposed the burial of a terrorist in their village.

Noordin, a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) splinter group leader and explosives
expert, was suspected to have been involved in several bombing incidents in
Indonesia, including the July, 2009 bombings in two Jakarta hotels - JW Marriott
and Ritz-Carlton - which killed nine people and injured 50 others.

-- BERNAMA