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Police nab Pertamina cooperative staffer for sending bomb threat
The Semarang Police have arrested an IT staffer with a Pertamina cooperative for allegedly sending a terror phone message claiming that an explosive had been planted at Pertamina’s Central Java and Yogyakarta marketing office on Jl. Thamrin in Semarang, Central Java.
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A bomb squad from the Poso Police's Mobile Brigade secure a suspicious package alleged to be a bomb in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, on May 27. (Kompas.com/Mansur)
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span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 20.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Semarang Police have arrested an IT staffer with a Pertamina cooperative for allegedly sending a terror phone message that an explosive had been planted at Pertamina’s Central Java and Yogyakarta marketing office on Jl. Thamrin in Semarang, Central Java.
The suspect, Nurul Fazri, 32, is a resident of Greenwood, Semarang. Police say he sent a terror message, which turned out to be a hoax, claiming that he would set off a bomb at his own office on Wednesday.
Nurul said he was offended by accusations by the management that he had stolen Rp 25 million (US1,825) from the cooperative.
“I am offended that they’ve accused me of stealing money. I sent an SMS to the cooperative head, Pak Suban,” Nurul was quoted by tempo.co as saying of his motives.
He told police investigators that he had never used the money reportedly stolen from the cooperative and that he had also attempted to seek an amicable solution to the problem, but to no avail.
Nurul later bought a new cell phone sim card and sent an anonymous message to the Pertamina Persada cooperative head at 7:30 a.m., claiming to have planted a bomb at the Pertamina office. After sending the message, he disposed of the card and went to the office acting as normal, even participating in the evacuation when police bomb squad were deployed to comb the complex for explosives.
Pertamina’s region IV spokesman, Suyanto, confirmed the terror message.
“The message was not specific about the planted bomb; it was simply a threat to blow up the office,” Suyanto said, adding that the message had been immediately forwarded to the police. (dmr)
