Police still probe Munarman s alleged involvement in terrorism 1st May 2021
Indonesian Police s spokesman Senior Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan. (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty) Jakarta (ANTARA) - National Police s Anti-Terror Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) investigators are still probing the involvement of Munarman, a lawyer and ex-secretary general of currently-defunct Islam Defenders Front (FPI), in acts of terrorism, a police spokesman stated.
Since Munarman s arrest on April 27, 2021, Densus 88 s investigators have deepened and expanded the probe into Munarman’s involvement in terror acts in several Indonesian regions, Indonesian Police s spokesman, Senior Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan, stated during a press conference at the National Police Headquarters here on Friday.
Former secretary general of the now-defunct Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Munarman, was arrested by the Indonesian Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus .
FPI shooting: 3 cops remain under scanner 11th March 2021
Head of the National Police’s public information bureau, Brig.Gen.Rusdi Hartono. (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty/am)
They are being questioned internally Jakarta (ANTARA) - Three personnel from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police are still being investigated over the deaths of six FPI members on December 7, 2020. They are being questioned internally, head of the National Police’s public information bureau, Brig.Gen.Rusdi Hartono, said in Jakarta on Thursday.
While Hartono did not disclose their identities, he said they are being questioned by the police s internal affairs division (Propam) and the criminal investigation department (Bareskrim).
New police chief faces pressing issues of terror, human rights 21st January 2021
Candidate of the new Indonesian Police Chief Com.Gen.Listyo Sigit Prabowo (second right) after a a fit-and-proper test at the House s Commission III, in Jakarta on Thursday (Jan 21, 2021). ANTARA PHOTO/Galih Pradipta/foc. Indonesia will soon have a new police chief with the House of Representatives (DPR) approving Com.Gen.Listyo Sigit Prabowo as the successor to General Idham Azis, who retires on February 1, 2021.
Prabowo, who was nominated by President Joko Widodo as Azis successor, underwent a fit-and-proper test at the House s Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, on Wednesday (January 20, 2021).
Mahfud MD quashes speculations over name of police chief candidate 12th January 2021
Indonesia s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. ANTARA/HO-Humas Kemenko Polhukam/am. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia s Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD quelled speculations over a figure of police chief candidate that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will select as General Idham Azis successor. The police chief candidate s name, currently circulated on the social media platform, is just a speculation, Mahfud MD stated via his official Twitter account @mohmahfudmd that ANTARA quoted here, Tuesday.
As of Tuesday, President Jokowi had yet to send a final name of the successor of incumbent Police Chief General Azis to the House of Representatives (DPR), he noted.