Police to issue Ba’asyir’s arrest warrant Monday

The National Police will issue arrest warrant toward firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir following to a completed seven-day initial investigation on Monday, spokesman Sr. Comr. Marwoto Soeto said Sunday.

The police’s antiterror Detachment 88 squad arrested Ba’asyir in Banjar Patroman, Ciamis of West Java, on last Monday over terrorism allegation.

Ba’asyir remained silent and refused to sign dossiers during the investigation. He considered answering the police questions haram (forbidden under Islam) as he deemed the officers as accomplices of the US and Israel.

Despite Ba’asyir’s uncooperative stance, the police insist that he played a role in forming a military camp in Aceh for terrorism some time ago.

Ba’asyir is charged with 2003 law on terrorism eradication, as reported by tempointeraktif.com.