East Java And Lampung Terrorist Groups Are Interrelated, Connecting Funds To Membership

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan/Polri Public Relations DOK

JAKARTA - The National Police stated that the suspected terrorists of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) network arrested in Lampung and East Java are said to have links. Because broadly speaking they are a network.

"Of course, if colleagues ask whether there is a connection between JI in Lampung and JI in East Java, of course, there is", said the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan, to reporters, Tuesday, November 9.

One of the linkages between East Java and Lampung groups is the recruitment of members. There is also a connection with funding.

"In the JI terrorism organization between JI in areas a and b, of course, there is a relationship. The relationship between funds and personnel", said Ramadhan.

Densus 88 Anti-terror arrested 5 suspected terrorists in East Java. The suspected terrorists are members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) network.

The terrorist suspects had the initials BA, AS, AN, RH, and MA. They were arrested in different areas such as Bojonegoro, Gersik, Sumenep, and Kediri.

Previously, the anti-terror Detachment 88 arrested eight suspected JI Lampung terrorists.

They were members of JI Lampung who were involved in raising funds through the charity Foundation Amil Zakat Baitul Maal Abdurahman bin Auf (LAZ BM ABA).

The suspects, each with the initials SU (61), SK (59), DRS, DW (47), F (34), AA (42), NA (42), S (47), and PUR.