Malaysia Deports Two JI Members to Indonesia
By Kenneth Conboy
This past weekend, Malaysia quietly handed over to Indonesia two alleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah. Both had been arrested back in January. The first, Agus Indrus, alias Agus Purwantoro, is thought to be a senior member in what is left of that terrorist organization. A 1997 graduate of medical school in Surabaya, East Java, he is reported to have served as a doctor to JI fugitive Noordin Top.
The second, Abdurrahim, alias Abu Husna, is thought to come from Sukoharjo, Central Java.
Both men were alleged to have participated in the bloody religious violence in Poso, Central Sulawesi, during 2000 and 2001. They are currently being detained at a police base in Depok, just south of Jakarta.