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Civil servant in Batam allegedly involved in IS: Antiterrorism body

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The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Sat, November 7, 2015

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Civil servant in Batam allegedly involved in IS: Antiterrorism body Illustration. (via kompas.com) (via kompas.com)

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The National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT) says it suspects Batam'€™s Integrated One-Stop Service Center (PTSP) director Dwi Djoko Wiwoho of being involved in the prohibited Islamic State (IS) movement.

'€œSome Batam residents have reported and asked questions about the case. I say that we are 85 percent [sure] that Dwi Djoko is involved with IS,'€ said BNPT deputy for prevention affairs Brig. Gen. Hamidin as reported by kompas.com on Saturday.

Hamidin said that his institution had sensed the alleged involvement of Dwi in the movement, the main bases of which are in Syria and Iraq, for the last few months.

He said that Dwi and members of his family were no longer in Indonesia. They were suspected of having already moved to Iraq.

He said that the alleged involvement of the civil servant in IS indicated that the movement had already infiltrated various elements in society.

According to the Antaranews agency, Dwi has not been working in his office for the last four months. Members of National Police'€™s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad could not find any members of the family when they visited their house.

Densus 88 has arrested a number of people who were accused of being involved in IS. Scores of Indonesians have reportedly joined the movement in Iraq and Syria. Several of them were killed, including the son of Bali bombing terrorist Imam Samudra, Omar Abdul Azis. (bbn)

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