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December 25, 2009 Farouk Arnaz More to Come, Police Pledge After Indonesian Terror Suspect Caught A day after nabbing terror suspect Bahrudin Latif, National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri on Friday vowed to keep fighting terrorism and promised more arrests in the near future. "We will never stop. God willing, we hope to be able to arrest another terror suspect after this," he told reporters without providing details. "There will be another police action after this. Preventing terror attacks is better than arresting terror suspects," he said. Bambang confirmed that the fugitive, the father-in-law of slain Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top, was arrested on Thursday in Pameungpeuk, Garut, West Java. Bahrudin, also known as Baridin, founded and managed the Al-Muaddib pesantren in the Adipolo subdistrict of Cilacap in Central Java. He left his house just three days before the police raided it for the first time on June 23. Police found chemicals that could be used to make explosives, as well as what they said was bomb-making equipment buried in the backyard. The materials included sulphur, potassium, cables and detonators similar to the ones used in the bombs that hit Jakarta's luxury JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in July. Those bombings were blamed on a splinter terror group of Jemaah Islamiyah led by Noordin. Bambang declined to speculate on what charges Bahrudin may face, saying that the police still had six days to question him without charges and that they would provide a comprehensive explanation later. When asked whether Bahrudin might have been involved in planning the July bomb attacks in Jakarta, Bambang replied: "Please don't speculate as the investigation is still ongoing." Bahrudin is believed to be related to another terror suspect, Saefudin Zuhri, who was arrested in Cilacap on June 20. Zuhri is believed to have supplied a gun and explosive materials to Abdurrahman Taib, a man involved in the Palembang terrorist network. Bahrudin's daughter, Ari Aryani, or Arina, was married to Noordin. Arina was arrested by police in July and questioned on suspicion of sheltering a terrorist. Police later released the mother of two due to lack of evidence. Bambang also declined to comment on reports that Noordin's wing of Jemaah Islamiyah is now headed by Para Wijayanto. An antiterrorism police source earlier told the Jakarta Globe on condition of anonymity that the splinter group is now headed by Para, who has been on the police wanted list since 2004. Para was once head of the JI training wing. Related articles Indonesian Antiterror Squad Demands More Tools, Say Radical Groups Waiting to Strike 9:52 PM 19/11/2009 Who Pays for the Victims of Terror? 9:59 PM 06/11/2009 Anger As Indonesian Extremists 'Honored' 12:58 AM 14/08/2009 Indonesian Police Will Deploy 78,500 Officers to Secure Christmas and New Year 12:06 PM 22/12/2009 Protests Still Prevent Indonesian Terror Suspect Burial 12:01 AM 28/09/2009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
