Buru Ali Kalora Group, National Police Chief Idham Azis Orders Central Sulawesi Regional Police Head Office In Poso

National Police Chief General Idham Azis (Photo: Indonesian Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Idham Azis ordered the Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Regional Police Chief Inspector General Abdul Rakhman Baso to have an office in Poso. This was intended to hunt down the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) group led by Ali Kalora, who are suspected of being the perpetrators of the massacre of a family in Sigi.

"The Police Chief's order is Tuesday, December 1, 2020, the Central Sulawesi Police Chief is based in Poso and is backed up by the best team from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit," said the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General of Police Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono in a written statement, Wednesday, December 2, 2020.

Furthermore, Argo said, currently the Tinombala Task Force which is a joint TNI-Polri apparatus is still pursuing the MIT group. The Densus 88 team, TNI troops, drone support and IT intelligence were deployed to assist the pursuit process.

"The Tinombala Operations task force troops went to Lembahtongoa Village, Sausu, Salatanga," he said.

Apart from chasing down the MIT group, the joint apparatus also carried out trauma healing on the residents after the terror act carried out by the MIT group. The deployment of Brimob personnel in three locations in the transmigration area of Levonu Sigi Village was also deployed to provide a sense of security to residents.

"400 basic food packages from the Regional Police for the transmigration community who fled in Levonu Hamlet. Then the repair of 6 houses or service posts for the community has begun to be initiated by the Polda for speed and assistance with the burial process of victims in the form of 4 coffins and sorrow for tears," he said.

Furthermore, the former Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya said that his party had conducted a dialogue with community, religious and traditional leaders in Central Sulawesi so that the community would not be swallowed up by hoax issues.

"Meetings with the MUI, FKUB, the media including Komnas HAM have been held to reduce the atmosphere so that it remains conducive," concluded Argo.