Indonesia memang penuh misteri...he..he..he... Itulah kekhasan Indonesia....
--- Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051125/wl_asia_afp/indonesiausattacks_051125084759 > > > > Indonesia bars US terrorism researcher for second > time > 40 minutes ago > > JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia has barred entry to > prominent US terrorism researcher and Jemaah > Islamiyah (JI) expert Sidney Jones, who said she had > "no idea" why she was turned away from the country. > > > Immigration authorities barred entry on Thursday to > Jones, who had only returned to Indonesia in July > after being expelled 13 months earlier. > > "She had insufficient immigration papers and was > ordered to fly back to Singapore," Cecep Supriatna, > a spokesman for the Indonesian immigration > directorate general, told AFP. > > "Her name is on a list of people barred from > entering Indonesia," he added. > > Jones, the Southeast Asia director of the > International Crisis Group (ICG), told AFP from > Singapore that she had been returning to Jakarta > after a short trip to Taiwan to receive an award on > behalf of the ICG. > > What happened was "quite simple but mystifying... I > was stopped at passport control and told I was > banned from entering," she said, adding that > authorities wanted to return her to Taiwan but > eventually allowed her to go to Singapore. > > "There was no reason, no warning and I have no idea > why it happened... I want an explanation and the > opportunity to talk through whatever the problem is > now," said Jones. > > Foreign ministry spokesman Yuri Thamrin confirmed > restrictions were in force against Jones but told > AFP that "we do not rule out the possibility for > these restrictions to be reviewed in future." > > Jones' expulsion last year resulted in a chorus of > criticism from human rights groups, who said the > tactic was reminiscent of former dictator Suharto. > > The Brussels-based ICG, which researches the causes > of conflicts worldwide, has published critical > reports on Jakarta's handling of separatist > conflicts in Aceh and Papua provinces. > > It has also reported extensively on the > Indonesian-based and Al Qaeda-linked JI group, > considered extremely sensitive issues in Indonesia. > > But Jones said that none of what the ICG had written > recently could be deemed offensive to the Indonesian > government. > > "We've issued two reports (recently) -- one on the > day of the peace agreement on Aceh, on August 15, > and one two weeks ago on Maluku and Poso," where > there is ongoing unrest, she said. > > "Neither of them have anything that I can possibly > imagine would be offensive to the Indonesian > government." > > Jones said she would seek clarification from the > government as she had thought upon her return that > "there were no longer any problems -- it was a new > government and the old banning was part of the > past." > > President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who had urged > the former government of Megawati Sukarnoputri to > explain why it first expelled Jones and a colleague > in June 2004, has repeatedly said since coming to > power in October last year that he would boost media > freedom in Indonesia. > > Komaruddin Hidayat, a professor on Islamic > philosophy at the state Jakarta Islamic University, > said Jones may have known too much about JI, which > Indonesia does not acknowledge officially as > existing. > > "As an American, whose government is deemed by many > Muslim Indonesians as an oppressor of Muslims in > Iraq and the Middle East, she has talked too much > and has all the knowledge about Jemaah Islamiyah," > he told AFP. > > "Her articles on Jemaah Islamiyah paint an image > that... the country is a hotbed for terrorists," he > said. > > The move against Jones also follows a US decision > this week to resume military grants to Indonesia on > the basis of it making progress in advancing > democracy, which sparked criticism from rights > groups. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! 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