Malaysia deports terror suspect linked to Jemaah Islamiah

[Zhang He]

Monday December 6, 2010

Malaysia deports terror suspect linked to Jemaah Islamiah

JAKARTA: Malaysia has deported an Indonesian man linked to Jemaah Islamiah, a report said yesterday. Fadli Sadama arrived at Jakarta airport on Saturday evening under heavy guard, The Jakarta Post reported.

Sadama is suspected of having links with a Malaysian “terror” network and the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) separatist group in South Thailand, National Anti-Terror Agency (BNPT) director Petrus Golose was quoted as saying.

“Fadli planned to train... before returning to Indonesia to plot acts of terrorism in Pekanbaru, Riau province and in the Mount Anak Krakatau area with foreign tourists as his main target,” he added. Reports in Malaysia have said that Sadama was arrested on Oct 13 while travelling to Johor and was found to be carrying two guns.

Sadama is believed to be linked to a group suspected of killing a police officer in a bank robbery in Medan in August. The group is also connected to militants who were discovered training in Aceh province in February, leading to the killing and arrest of scores of suspects.

Robberies have been a source of funds for Islamist militants in Indonesia, which has been rocked by several deadly attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mainly Western tourists. —AFP

 

[Zhang He]

Police link Fadli to Malay, Thai terrorists

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 12/06/2010 10:44 AM | National A | A | A |

Indonesian terrorist suspect Fadli Sadama, center, is escorted by police officers upon arrival following his deportation from Malaysia, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.

JAKARTA: Police say recently captured Indonesian terror suspect Fadli Sadama is connected to terrorist networks in Malaysia and southern Thailand.

“Fadli planned to train in the two countries before returning to Indonesia to plot acts of terrorism in Pekanbaru, Riau province, and in the Mount Anak Krakatau area, with foreign tourists as his main target,” National Antiterror Agency (BNPT) director Sr. Comr. Petrus Golose said on Saturday.

“Fadli had planned to launch an attack in Pekanbaru similar to the one in Mumbai, India, some time ago,” Golose said. The Malaysian and Thai groups were thought to have been in regular contact with Fadli, Petrus said.

Fadli Sadama and another suspect, Tony Togar, planned the brazen robbery of a CIMB bank branch in Medan in August, Golose said, adding that Togar had been arrested for his role in the JW Marriott hotel blast in Jakarta in 2003.

Fadli Sadama, 28, was armed with two handguns when captured in Malaysia in October. He was extradited to Indonesia on Saturday, according to a source.

Indonesian authorities and the Royal Malaysian Police Special Branch (PDRM), Malaysia’s intelligence and counterterrorism agency, shared resources to arrest Fadil, Golose said. — JP