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FPI Denies Allegations by PDIP Lawmakers
June 30, 2010

Members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Members of the hardline Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI), pictured here in a file photo, forced the cancellation of a House of Representatives-led meeting on free health care in East Java because they thought, mistakenly, that it was being led by the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)
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marko1
10:31am Jul 2, 2010

Well i just updated google earth showing thier head quarters and labeled it "FPI Indonesia Taliban" so anyone logging on can see it....

Roland
8:12am Jul 2, 2010

Valkyrie - an answer might be sand storms...

Or...they prefer to remain anonymous - no surprise, having their "missions" in mind!

Valkyrie
6:00pm Jun 30, 2010

Does anybody wonder why most of these goons cover their faces?


masmon2
5:06pm Jun 30, 2010

Is this the same Munarman that led the FPI Islamic troop command - didn't he flee a couple of years ago after the police were after him for orchestrating the violence directed at the AKKBB parade at Monas. I though he got time in jail for that.

OzAbroad
4:40pm Jun 30, 2010

think it could be the FPI telling porkies? Actually they wont't like that word associated with them either will they?

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Wednesday denied allegations that the Banyuwangi chapter of the hardline group was responsible for raiding a meeting attended by legislators from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in Banyuwangi, East Java last week.

The advisory board chairman of the FPI, Nahi Mungkar Munarman, said his group had nothing to do with the incident.

“The fact is, the Banyuwangi chapter of FPI had been frozen since two months ago and there are no organizational activities there. So, FPI can't be held accountable,” Munarman told news portal Kompas.com, adding that the Banyuwangi chapter was frozen because of internal conflicts.

The secretary general of Islamic People's Forum, Muhammad Al Khaththath, confirmed Munarman's statement.

“FPI has never been involved in any public activities in Banyuwangi,” Muhammad said.

According to him, the incident in Banyuwangi was between the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and anti-PKI people.

The incident took place June 24. The chairperson of the House Commission IX for health, Dr Ribka Tjiptaning Proletariati, and Commission IX member Rieke Dyah Ayu Pitaloka were attending a meeting on free health-care service when a group of 10 to 15 people from the Islamic Ummah Forum, allegedly backed by the FPI, demanded the meeting end and the participants disperse.

They claimed the meeting was a reunion of former PKI members.

Ribka, who authored a book titled “Aku Bangga Jadi Anak PKI” (“I Am Proud To Be A PKI Child”) in 2002, said the meeting had nothing to do with the PKI.

“Our meeting was really part of the House Commission IX’s task to make people in the regions more aware of the need for free health care services,” she said.

However, Munarman brushed off Ribka's claim and insisted that the meeting was a reunion among former PKI members.

“It was pure between Muslims and communists,” Munarman said.

Ribka filed complaints with police on Monday.

“We want justice. We followed the procedures to hold the meeting, including sending a notification letter to the local police as regulated by the existing law,” she said.

The PKI was effectively wiped out following a failed 1965 coup attempt against the Sukarno government. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed nationwide in a pogrom against the party.