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Alleged IS supporter quit civil servant job for own reasons: Ministry
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Entry point: Construction workers put the finishing details on the entrance of Istanbul's newly-constructed Eurasia Tunnel that runs under the Marmara Sea, in Istanbul. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
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he Finance Ministry confirmed on Friday that a former civil servant, who was recently deported by Turkish authorities for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State (IS) group, was dismissed from his job late last year.
The ministry’s communications bureau head Nufransa Wira Sakti said that the former civil servant, previously identified as Triyono Utomo Abdul Bakti, 40, had tendered his resignation in February 2016 as he wanted to take care of an orphanage in Bogor, West Java.
“We could not contact him afterwards,” Nufransa said.
Triyono holds a master’s degree in public policy from Flinders University of South Australia, where he studied from 2008 to 2009. The ministry officially approved Triyono’s resignation six months later.
“After he was dismissed, his activities could no longer be linked to the ministry,” Nufransa said, adding that the ministry had no plans to provide legal assistance for Triyono.
(Read also: 220 Indonesians deported from Turkey)
Triyono, his wife and their three children aged 13, 8 and 6 arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Tuesday evening on an Emirates flight from Dubai. They were immediately taken into custody by the Bali Police.
According to a preliminary investigation, the five North Jakarta residents departed from Indonesia in mid-August for Thailand, where they had contacted a person by the name of Abu Yazid, before continuing their journey to Turkey.
Police said the family had intended to head to Syria, but had been caught by local authorities. (hwa)
