Family to pray for a place in heaven for Azahari - Nov 17
The family of slain Malaysian master bombmaker Azahari Husin will ask for forgiveness and pray for a place in heaven for him.
"Everybody is relieved the body will be brought back. My sister (Azahari's widow) Wan Noraini and all the family members will pray to Allah to ask for forgiveness if indeed Azahari is a terrorist.
"So that he can go to heaven. A place in heaven is the wish of all Muslims," the widow's brother Wan Kamaruddin told AFP.
Azahari, one of Asia's most wanted men and a member of the al-Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) extremist network, was killed during a shootout with Indonesian police last week after they tracked him to a bomb-filled hideaway in East Java.
Wan Kamaruddin said the family thanked the Malaysian and Indonesian authorities for assisting in the return of the body.
"You know it is very important in Muslim culture for us to visit the graves of our family members. Now my sister and her two young children can visit the grave to pay their respect," he said.
Islamic burial on Thursday
Wan Kamaruddin said Wan Noraini Jusoh and other family members cannot accept that Azahari was a terrorist.
"I can't accept it. My sister too cannot accept it," he said.
Wan Kamaruddin said Azahari, who leaves behind an eight-year-old daughter and a seven-year-old son, would be buried in his home town in Jasin, Malacca, south of here on Thursday.
The brother of Azahari has seen the body and confirmed it was that of his brother, and planned to fly it to Malaysia for burial on Thursday, an Indonesian police officer said.
"It was concluded by the representative of Dr Azahari's family, who said that the body is really that of Dr Azahari," National Police Deputy Spokesman Sunarko Danu Ardanto told journalists.
Wan Noraini had said she regarded the death of her husband as an _expression_ of Allah's will.
Azahari was blamed for orchestrating several attacks, including the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people on the Indonesian resort island.
Azaharis funds not from Malaysia, says Noh - Nov 16
The Malaysian government has refuted an Indonesian news report that claimed that the funding for alleged terrorist Dr Azahari Husin and another Malaysian on the wanted list had originated from Malaysia.
Updating its report, Bernama quoted Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar as saying today that the government did not assist or support any group involved in terrorism, not only in Malaysia but also anywhere else in the world
Updating its report, Bernama quoted Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar as saying today that the government did not assist or support any group involved in terrorism, not only in Malaysia but also anywhere else in the world
Nevertheless, the government was prepared to undertake an investigation and take action if there was proof, he told reporters at Parliament House.
Noh said it was improper to make allegations through the media.
"If there is any truth to such allegations and there is proof, we promise that we will investigate and take action," he said.
"If there is any truth to such allegations and there is proof, we promise that we will investigate and take action," he said.
Bernama had drawn from the report published yesterday by influential Indonesian newspaper Media Indonesia, which had quoted an intelligence observer Wawan H Purwanto.
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The report said a foreign diplomat (it did not state from which country) had acted as the intermediary and was
responsible for the channeling of funds to Azahari and his accomplices.
The money was made available to them by a courier from Malaysia who went by the name of Suf, added the report.
"The money came from sympathisers of Azahari and Noordin M Top in Malaysia," Wawan was quoted as saying.
"The diplomat who had international immunity facilitated the funds to the terrorist group with the aim of creating instability," he added.
Wawan, whose background was not stated, said he had informed the Indonesian parliament and the nation's leadership to carry out an in-depth investigation on the matter.
On the activities of Suf, Wawan said the information was obtained from the Malaysian police.
At first Suf was said to have transferred the funds through banks but when his activities were detected he changed his modus operandi.
Cut-out system
The newspaper reported that Suf then used the "cut out" system to facilitate funds transfers whereby individuals were used to ferry money for only once and after that all dealings with the person were cut off.
According to Wawan, between 2002 and 2003 some foreign based banks in the country had been used for the money transfers but he did not dare to specifically name them.
Azahari, a former lecturer with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, was said to be a bomb expert and key member of the regional terror network, Jemaah Islamiyah.
The money was made available to them by a courier from Malaysia who went by the name of Suf, added the report.
"The money came from sympathisers of Azahari and Noordin M Top in Malaysia," Wawan was quoted as saying.
"The diplomat who had international immunity facilitated the funds to the terrorist group with the aim of creating instability," he added.
Wawan, whose background was not stated, said he had informed the Indonesian parliament and the nation's leadership to carry out an in-depth investigation on the matter.
On the activities of Suf, Wawan said the information was obtained from the Malaysian police.
At first Suf was said to have transferred the funds through banks but when his activities were detected he changed his modus operandi.
Cut-out system
The newspaper reported that Suf then used the "cut out" system to facilitate funds transfers whereby individuals were used to ferry money for only once and after that all dealings with the person were cut off.
According to Wawan, between 2002 and 2003 some foreign based banks in the country had been used for the money transfers but he did not dare to specifically name them.
Azahari, a former lecturer with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, was said to be a bomb expert and key member of the regional terror network, Jemaah Islamiyah.
It's Azahari and he's dead - Nov 11
After a flurry of elated, sometimes confusing, reports, authorities have confirmed that the one of the three men killed yesterday during a shootout with Indonesian police in Malang, South Surabaya, was Dr Azahari Husin.
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Fingerprint records of Azahari, formerly a lecturer in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Johor before allegedly climbing up the ranks of international terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), matched with the bullet-riddled body of one of the three corpses.
The authorities have yet to disclose of the identities of the two other men killed with Dr Azahari.
We have positive identification based on fingerprints provided by our Malaysian counterparts and also from Azaharis dental and immigration records from the time he worked in Indonesia in 1998, said Indonesian police chief General Sutanto, reports the Star today.
Family members of Azahari in Kuala Lumpur, according to the Malay Mails front-page report yesterday declined to respond to reports of his death until there is conclusive evidence in the form of DNA tests.
Media updates today told of his kin shunning journalists who had gathered at the houses of Azaharis relatives in Kuala Lumpur and Malacca.
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With Sutantos statement, speculations should end as to whether or not Azahari, among the top names on the list of regional security agencies most wanted, has indeed been caught.
The authorities have yet to disclose of the identities of the two other men killed with Dr Azahari.
We have positive identification based on fingerprints provided by our Malaysian counterparts and also from Azaharis dental and immigration records from the time he worked in Indonesia in 1998, said Indonesian police chief General Sutanto, reports the Star today.
Family members of Azahari in Kuala Lumpur, according to the Malay Mails front-page report yesterday declined to respond to reports of his death until there is conclusive evidence in the form of DNA tests.
Media updates today told of his kin shunning journalists who had gathered at the houses of Azaharis relatives in Kuala Lumpur and Malacca.
Sutanto said he was shot before he had the chance to detonate the bomb strapped to his waist.
Other reports, however, indicate otherwise.
ANteve station chief news editor Karni Illyas, a witness of the operation, yesterday claimed that Azaharis body was blown to bits.
This echoed similar assertions by other police figures who said Azahari had blown himself up to avoid capture.
Other reports, however, indicate otherwise.
ANteve station chief news editor Karni Illyas, a witness of the operation, yesterday claimed that Azaharis body was blown to bits.
This echoed similar assertions by other police figures who said Azahari had blown himself up to avoid capture.
Next targets
For now, Indonesian authorities have already focused on their next most wanted targets, Malaysian Nordin Mohd Top and Indonesian Zulkarnaen Dulmatin alias Noval.
Nordin, also a colleague of Azahari in UTM, was said to have narrowly escaped a police dragnet in Semarang, East Java, that had occurred simultaneously with Wednesdays operation against Azahari.
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The Star also quoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan as saying that a special team from Indonesia was on the way to Malaysia to work with local police to trace Nordin.
We will go through our findings on Nordin together. We will continue our search for him and whoever he and Azahari had recruited, Musa said in the report.
According to a report in the New Straits Times, former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Wan Min Wan Mat, also a former UTM lecturer and an alleged close friend of Azahari, had been taken into custody.
Wan Min was identified by Indonesian authorities as the financier of JIs operations in the region, and one of the people behind the Bali bombings in 2002.
For now, Indonesian authorities have already focused on their next most wanted targets, Malaysian Nordin Mohd Top and Indonesian Zulkarnaen Dulmatin alias Noval.
Nordin, also a colleague of Azahari in UTM, was said to have narrowly escaped a police dragnet in Semarang, East Java, that had occurred simultaneously with Wednesdays operation against Azahari.
We will go through our findings on Nordin together. We will continue our search for him and whoever he and Azahari had recruited, Musa said in the report.
According to a report in the New Straits Times, former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Wan Min Wan Mat, also a former UTM lecturer and an alleged close friend of Azahari, had been taken into custody.
Wan Min was identified by Indonesian authorities as the financier of JIs operations in the region, and one of the people behind the Bali bombings in 2002.
He was earlier arrested when he tried to return to his home in Kelantan in September 2002.
JI has been blamed for the Bali blasts in 2002 and 2005, and the 2003 bombings outside the Australian embassy and JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta.
JI has been blamed for the Bali blasts in 2002 and 2005, and the 2003 bombings outside the Australian embassy and JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta.
It was Allah's will, says Azahari's wife - Nov 12
Wan Noraini Jusoh, the widow of Malaysian Islamic militant and master bombmaker Azahari Husin, regards the death of her husband as an _expression_ of Allah's will, a close relative said Saturday.
Wan Kamaruddin said his sister, who is recovering from throat cancer, was "tired and disturbed", with a media throng camped outside her home since Azahari was shot dead by Indonesian police earlier this week.
Azahari was a member of the Al-Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiyah network and blamed for orchestrating several attacks, including the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people on the Indonesian resort island.
Bring back body
He was shot dead when police raided his explosives-filled hideout on Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday, and his body was later identified using fingerprint records, Indonesian officials have said.
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"We hope we can bring back the body as soon as possible," Wan Kamaruddin said. "He is a Malaysian and his family wants him buried here."
Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutanto yesterday said the body was in Jakarta and could be sent home from Saturday if the family requested it.
Badaruddin Ismail, a spokesman for Azahari's family, said the dead militant's younger brother Bani Yamin Husin and another relative would leave for the Indonesian capital tomorrow.
"They will identify the body and make arrangements to bring it back," he said.
He was shot dead when police raided his explosives-filled hideout on Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday, and his body was later identified using fingerprint records, Indonesian officials have said.
Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutanto yesterday said the body was in Jakarta and could be sent home from Saturday if the family requested it.
Badaruddin Ismail, a spokesman for Azahari's family, said the dead militant's younger brother Bani Yamin Husin and another relative would leave for the Indonesian capital tomorrow.
"They will identify the body and make arrangements to bring it back," he said.
Family happy Azahari died in a hail of bullets - Nov 14
Slain Malaysian Islamic militant Azahari Husin knew he would meet a bloody end and his family is happy he died quickly rather than being caught, a report said today.
"We are glad that he died the way he did - in a hail of bullets - rather than being caught and imprisoned," Azahari's sister Suraya Husin, 45, was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
Speaking to reporters in Malacca, Suraya said the family always believed Azahari would die at the hands of the police.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, commenting on Azahari's death last Wednesday in a shootout with Indonesian police, said violence was rejected by God.
"He (Azahari) was a good lecturer and was highly qualified. But he took a violent approach which led to his death," Abdullah said.
"We should not follow a violent approach. It is not accepted by God," he added.
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Azahari, 48, was a leading member of the Al-Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiyah network blamed for numerous bomb attacks, including the October 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people on the Indonesian resort island.
He was shot dead when police raided his explosives-filled hideout on Indonesia's Java island. His body was later identified using fingerprint records.
Azahari was once a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Mara in Johor.
Black mark
Suraya said the family would always bear a "black mark" because of Azahari's actions and the stigma would remain for a long time. The family only knew his good side - a man who was intelligent, competitive in school and a lover of sports.
But Surya said Azahari was also a secretive person and they never knew his "other side" as an alleged Jemaah Islamiyah operative.
She said a metal plate found in a left leg among the remains was similar to a plate inserted into Azahari's leg after an injury in school.
Azahari's younger brother Bani Yamin Husin and another relative arrived in Jakarta yesterday to bring back the body.
Wan Noraini Jusoh, Azahari's widow, saw her husband's death as an _expression_ of Allah's will, a close relative said Saturday.
"She has come to accept his death," the widow's brother Wan Kamaruddin told AFP, speaking outside her home in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. "She accepts it as fate (decided by Allah). As a Muslim, we have to accept this."
"We are glad that he died the way he did - in a hail of bullets - rather than being caught and imprisoned," Azahari's sister Suraya Husin, 45, was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
Speaking to reporters in Malacca, Suraya said the family always believed Azahari would die at the hands of the police.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, commenting on Azahari's death last Wednesday in a shootout with Indonesian police, said violence was rejected by God.
"He (Azahari) was a good lecturer and was highly qualified. But he took a violent approach which led to his death," Abdullah said.
"We should not follow a violent approach. It is not accepted by God," he added.
He was shot dead when police raided his explosives-filled hideout on Indonesia's Java island. His body was later identified using fingerprint records.
Azahari was once a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Mara in Johor.
Black mark
Suraya said the family would always bear a "black mark" because of Azahari's actions and the stigma would remain for a long time. The family only knew his good side - a man who was intelligent, competitive in school and a lover of sports.
But Surya said Azahari was also a secretive person and they never knew his "other side" as an alleged Jemaah Islamiyah operative.
She said a metal plate found in a left leg among the remains was similar to a plate inserted into Azahari's leg after an injury in school.
Azahari's younger brother Bani Yamin Husin and another relative arrived in Jakarta yesterday to bring back the body.
Wan Noraini Jusoh, Azahari's widow, saw her husband's death as an _expression_ of Allah's will, a close relative said Saturday.
"She has come to accept his death," the widow's brother Wan Kamaruddin told AFP, speaking outside her home in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. "She accepts it as fate (decided by Allah). As a Muslim, we have to accept this."
Show proof
"We oppose all forms of violence," its president Abdul Hadi Awang told reporters yesterday.
He said PAS would support the government's move to fight terrorism in Southeast Asia but the root causes must be identified and action to eradicate terrorism must be carried out fairly.
"I fear the allegations against Azahari is like the allegations made against Iraq having weapons of mass destructions.
"Until today there is no proof (of his involvement). We want a fair investigation. We should not be cowed by the US which is carrying out its global agenda of imperialism," he added.
Is he really 'Demolition Man' Azahari?
Nov 10
Nov 10
Was Dr
Azahari Husin, purportedly Asias top terror suspect dubbed the Demolition Man, really killed in an explosion in Indonesia to avoid capture?
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His family in Kuala Lumpur certainly doesnt think so, says the Malay Mail frontpage report today, until there is conclusive evidence - which only a DNA test can show.
Foreign wires and local media ran breaking news late Wednesday that Azahari and two others had purportedly blown themselves up after a gun battle with the police starting 3pm at an alleged hideout in Java.
The Jakarta Post online quoted national police chief General Sutanto as saying that a new recruit from East Java arrested in the same house identified as Suwandi had confirmed Azaharis death.
Foreign wires and local media ran breaking news late Wednesday that Azahari and two others had purportedly blown themselves up after a gun battle with the police starting 3pm at an alleged hideout in Java.
The Jakarta Post online quoted national police chief General Sutanto as saying that a new recruit from East Java arrested in the same house identified as Suwandi had confirmed Azaharis death.
Committed suicide
In the same report, another witness ANteve station chief news editor Karni Illyas claimed that Azahari, 47, committed suicide and that two anti-terror personnel recognised his face although his body were blown to bits.
A follow-up report on Jakarta Post online had Sutanto repeating the same but said nothing about forensic or DNA tests for conclusive identification of the bodies.
Meanwhile, a human rights activist Badaruddin Ismail was quoted by AP in Kuala Lumpur as saying that Azaharis wife (only known as Noraini) and two young children have accepted his death, pending DNA confirmation, and wanted his remains to be flown home for burial.
According to the same report, Indonesian police said fingerprinting has confirmed that the former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia lecturer had died in the blast.
Azahari, an Australian-trained engineer who obtained his doctorate in Britain and allegedly Jemaah Islamiyahs (JI) chief bomb-maker, is suspected to have masterminded the bombings that killed 202 people in Bali in 2002 and three other deadly attacks in Indonesia.
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JI is purportedly the regional arm of the al Qaeda terror network led by global terror suspect Osama bin Laden.
Another Malaysian alleged partner-in-terror Noordin Mohamed Top reportedly evaded arrest.
In the same report, another witness ANteve station chief news editor Karni Illyas claimed that Azahari, 47, committed suicide and that two anti-terror personnel recognised his face although his body were blown to bits.
A follow-up report on Jakarta Post online had Sutanto repeating the same but said nothing about forensic or DNA tests for conclusive identification of the bodies.
Meanwhile, a human rights activist Badaruddin Ismail was quoted by AP in Kuala Lumpur as saying that Azaharis wife (only known as Noraini) and two young children have accepted his death, pending DNA confirmation, and wanted his remains to be flown home for burial.
According to the same report, Indonesian police said fingerprinting has confirmed that the former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia lecturer had died in the blast.
Azahari, an Australian-trained engineer who obtained his doctorate in Britain and allegedly Jemaah Islamiyahs (JI) chief bomb-maker, is suspected to have masterminded the bombings that killed 202 people in Bali in 2002 and three other deadly attacks in Indonesia.
Another Malaysian alleged partner-in-terror Noordin Mohamed Top reportedly evaded arrest.
A big success
TEMPO Interactive reported that Azahari, a former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia lecturer, was assumed to have been killed during a police attack on a villa in Jalan Flamboyan, Malang.
Despite the absence of positive identification of the three dead men, the Jakarta Post online reported Australia welcoming the apparent death of Azahari as a crucial victory in the battle against regional terror group Jemaah Islamayah.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty was quoted in the report by Reuters as saying that if Azaharis death is confirmed, it would leave a big dent in the operations of the radical terrorist groups in Indonesia.
In Malaysia, national news agency Bernama quoted Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak praising Indonesian authorities in their efforts to eliminate the terrorist threat in the country, if Azahari is confirmed dead.
Today, local and foreign media continued to report different facts and figures of those killed by the blast in Java, including one saying that police had shot dead the men prior to the explosions.
TEMPO Interactive reported that Azahari, a former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia lecturer, was assumed to have been killed during a police attack on a villa in Jalan Flamboyan, Malang.
Despite the absence of positive identification of the three dead men, the Jakarta Post online reported Australia welcoming the apparent death of Azahari as a crucial victory in the battle against regional terror group Jemaah Islamayah.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty was quoted in the report by Reuters as saying that if Azaharis death is confirmed, it would leave a big dent in the operations of the radical terrorist groups in Indonesia.
In Malaysia, national news agency Bernama quoted Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak praising Indonesian authorities in their efforts to eliminate the terrorist threat in the country, if Azahari is confirmed dead.
Today, local and foreign media continued to report different facts and figures of those killed by the blast in Java, including one saying that police had shot dead the men prior to the explosions.
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