Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian police have yet to declare terrorist Mas Slamet Kastari, a fugitive wanted by the Singapore police, involved in the assembling of illegal bombs discovered recently in Palembang, though the main suspect in the case is a member of Kastari`s terror network, National Police Chief General Sutanto said.
The police chief said that although Kastari was not declared involved in the case, the National Police would disseminate Kastari`s photos in Indonesia in order to narrow down the area in which could move frrely.
"In the past, we also disseminated Kastari`s photos. Now we are going to do it again," the National Police chief said here on Friday.
Kastari and the main suspect in the Palembang bomb discovery in South Sumatra are both Singapore nationals.
He said the Indonesian police would coordinate with their counterpart in Singapore to know whether Kastari was involved in Indonesian terror networks.
Kastari who was charged with terrorism and detained in Singapore since 2006 escaped from prison on January 27, 2008. He was arrested because Singapore suspected that he had planned attacks on government and foreign targets as well on airport in 2001.
He was also detained in Indonesia in 2003 for an immigration law violation. After walking free in 2006, he was extradited to Singapore.
On the bomb discovery case in Palembang, police arrested HM, a Singaporean national who was suspected to have assembled the bombs and provided training on how to produce bombs.
The police arrested MH after they obtained a tipoff from Singapore that he was involved in terrorist activities in that country.
During the investigation, police found that HM was a member of the Kastari terror network.
After obtaining information from MH, police arrested nine other suspects, identified only by their initials, among others AT alias M alias K alias I (35), SG alias S alias R (22), AM alias Z (26), W alias Y alias R (35), AG alias G (36), HP alias H (25), AS alias AH alias UG (42), SA alias AB and AMT alias AT. (*)
The police chief said that although Kastari was not declared involved in the case, the National Police would disseminate Kastari`s photos in Indonesia in order to narrow down the area in which could move frrely.
"In the past, we also disseminated Kastari`s photos. Now we are going to do it again," the National Police chief said here on Friday.
Kastari and the main suspect in the Palembang bomb discovery in South Sumatra are both Singapore nationals.
He said the Indonesian police would coordinate with their counterpart in Singapore to know whether Kastari was involved in Indonesian terror networks.
Kastari who was charged with terrorism and detained in Singapore since 2006 escaped from prison on January 27, 2008. He was arrested because Singapore suspected that he had planned attacks on government and foreign targets as well on airport in 2001.
He was also detained in Indonesia in 2003 for an immigration law violation. After walking free in 2006, he was extradited to Singapore.
On the bomb discovery case in Palembang, police arrested HM, a Singaporean national who was suspected to have assembled the bombs and provided training on how to produce bombs.
The police arrested MH after they obtained a tipoff from Singapore that he was involved in terrorist activities in that country.
During the investigation, police found that HM was a member of the Kastari terror network.
After obtaining information from MH, police arrested nine other suspects, identified only by their initials, among others AT alias M alias K alias I (35), SG alias S alias R (22), AM alias Z (26), W alias Y alias R (35), AG alias G (36), HP alias H (25), AS alias AH alias UG (42), SA alias AB and AMT alias AT. (*)
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