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Singapore deports suspected Indonesian IS supporters
Singapore apprehended and deported two Indonesians who intended to go to Syria and apparently join the Islamic State (IS) movement
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ingapore apprehended and deported two Indonesians who intended to go to Syria and apparently join the Islamic State (IS) movement.
Escorted by four members of the police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad led by Adj. Sr. Comr. Victor Lateka, the two residents of Pekanbaru, identified as Muhammad Rizka Fajri, 27, and Firman Fitrianeldi, 30, arrived in the Riau capital on Monday on a commercial flight.
Pekanbaru Police chief Sr. Comr. Aries Syarief Hidayat said Rizka and Firman, who were arrested at Singapore Harbor on Friday with fake passports, claimed that they wanted to go Turkey but could not explain the purpose.
'The two went to Singapore by speedboat from Batam. We suspect that they intended to go to Turkey and cross the border into Syria,' Arie said.
He said it was suspected that the two men intended to join IS after the police found documents believed to be related to the organization.
Before handing over the men to their families, he said Pekanbaru Police intelligence agents would question Rizka and Firman.
During preliminary questioning, Aries said, the two men claimed that they had been offered jobs in Syria that paid a monthly wage of Rp 3 million (US$214) by a man they met on Facebook.
Pekanbaru Police deputy chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Sugeng Putut Wicaksono said, based on the preliminary investigation, Rizka used a fake ID card when applying for a passport.
'Our officers have checked their addresses and found that only Firman used an original ID card. His brother has been to see him. Rizka's address was fake,' Sugeng said.
He said Firman had admitted that Syria was their final destination, saying that he was motivated by a group fighting in the country.
He added that Firman had refused to name the group, 'I just want to help suppressed Muslims there.'
Sugeng said Firman claimed that a man named Abu Aisyah was to pick them upon their arrival in Turkey.
Earlier, the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) confirmed that it was looking into the possibility that the Batam Free Trade Zone Authority's Integrated One-Stop Service Center director, Dwi Djoko Wiwoho ' who disappeared along with his wife and three daughters after leaving Riau Islands for Mecca on the minor haj late August ' had joined IS.
