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Global TV Cameraman Arrested in Good Friday Bomb Plot
Farouk Arnaz | April 23, 2011

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Roland
12:19am Apr 24, 2011

@PeterGriffin - your last two sentences - I agree!

Yes, police intel did an excellent job in uncovering the planned attack - no doubt about that and saved lots of innocent people! Regarding the wife - my point was that all these scum is always only presented at their initials, while the wife's name, her job and place of work are clearly displayed without having yet any proof that she actually did have a clue about the doings of her husband.

maspanji
10:44pm Apr 23, 2011

Despite the recent successes the National Police did quite well, in the past the intelligence community dominated by military intelligence for the sole purpose of domestic dissent suppression by Suharto regime, thanks to Pres. Habibie who returned domestic security back to the hands of the National Police and putting back Indonesia into into the path of real constitutional democracy and law abiding society, and of course his action have ruffled many feathers in the old guards who wants to preserves the old ways, it's not perfect yet but we will get in there after ambur adul for more than 30 years.

PeterGriffin
7:59pm Apr 23, 2011

Roland - so you think the wife didn't have a clue what the husband was doing? For all the sniping at police intelligence they did actually stop the bombing (luckily). They should be congratulated on that at least. Now, once in the courts, however, the brothers responsible will probably just get a smack on the wrists! Just shoot the terrorist scum and be done with it!

Peter-Link
6:56pm Apr 23, 2011

Australian newspapers say his name is Imam Firdaus


KneecZar
5:57pm Apr 23, 2011

Roland, one often does wonder about Indonesian police 'intelligence'.

Police have arrested a cameraman from Indonesian television station Global TV who was allegedly recruited to film the foiled Good Friday bomb attack on the outskirts of Jakarta.

National Police spokesman Chief Comr. Boy Rafly Amar identified the man by his initials, IF.

“He was arrested at Jakarta on Friday,” Boy told the Jakarta Globe on Saturday.

He said P had also asked IF to invite foreign cameramen to film the explosions, saying he “wanted the blast to be broadcast internationally.”

Global TV is due to hold a news conference at 2 p.m.

Boy said IF was recruited by the alleged mastermind, P, who “wanted the blast at Serpong broadcast live.”

P was arrested in Banda Aceh on Thursday in connection to the Jakarta book bombing campaign but surprised police by confessing to the presence of five pipe bombs and two much larger backpack bombs adjacent to a gas pipeline near the Christ Cathedral and an Army munitions storehouse.

The bombs were timed to explode during Good Friday services when thousands of worshippers packed the church.

P, one of 20 people detained in connection with the bomb plots, has been identified as the husband of Deni Karmelita, a civil servant working at the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).

The father of three was a graduate of Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic University (UIN) majoring in Islamic religious education.

An antiterror source said P had said he had learned how to make bombs off the Internet.

“Just Google it and you’ll find how to do it easily,” the source said.