217 INDONESIANS LINKED

TO TERRORISM BY HOST COUNTRIES

Jakarta / Thursday, February 25 2016, 9:06 AM

A total of 217 Indonesians have been detained or deported, mostly in or from Turkey, as
they were linked to terrorist groups by their host countries, The ministry says 200
Indonesians were found in Turkey, five in South Korea, three in Malaysia, two in Saudi
Arabia, two in Japan and one in Sudan, who was later released.

Four other Indonesian citizens were recently deported from Singapore. Nasir said the four
were suspected to be affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group. The Indonesian authorities
are currently handling the suspects who have returned now to Jakarta, he added.

The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad said they have investigated the four
suspects who were found to have been en route to Syria. National Police spokesperson Brig.
Gen. Agus Rianto confirmed that the police were still investigating in an attempt to uncover
their links to the IS militant group.

According to Agus, the suspects flew from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Singapore.
Once they arrived in Singapore, they were investigated by local authorities The suspects
admitted to be in transit to Syria and were on their way to join the IS militia. Singapore police
reported the information to the Indonesian National Police. Densus 88 is currently still
investigating their links with IS but has not found any proof as yet.

Name : Mohammad Rifal Maulidan Hindarsyah

Class : XII MIA 5