A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday that National Police's Senior Liaison Officer in Malaysia was handling the case of Mustawan Ahbab, who was arrested by Malaysian authorities under terrorism charges.
Teuku Faizasyah told tempointeraktif.com that the Indonesian police were coordinating with the Malaysian police over the case.
“Both institutions will [investigate and later] decide Mustawan's implication in terrorism,” he said.
Media reported that Malaysia arrested Mustawan and two Malaysians, suspected as militants believed to have ties with Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir who was charged this week with helping plan terrorist attacks.
Malaysian authorities were holding the suspects under the Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.
Ba'asyir was arrested for allegedly setting up a terror cell and militant training camp in Aceh province that was plotting high-profile assassinations and bloody attacks on foreigners in Jakarta.
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