The National Police have confirmed that a terrorist suspect arrested this week in Malaysia is a member of the fundamentalist group Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid, founded by firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.
Indonesian national Mustawan aHbaab, 34, was arrested on Tuesday along with two other militants suspected of links with Bashir have them on Monday arrested on charges of helping fund a militant group, the training in Aceh for terrorist attacks.
"Mustawan is a member of the JAT's Jakarta branch," National Police spokesman Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga said during a press conference on Friday.
However, he refused to confirm or Mustawan Aceh was linked to the group.
JAT, headquartered in Solo, has been fighting for the implementation of Sharia law across the archipelago.
Yoga said that because Mustawan held by the Malaysian police, the Indonesian authorities were unaware of the charges he faced.
"We are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with the Malaysian authorities," the police spokesperson added.
The national police said Mustawan was not on their list of wanted terror suspects.
In Solo, Secretary-General Abdurrahman JAT denied knowing anything about Mustawan.
"I do not know if he belongs or not is something we need to check," he said.
An official at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said this week that Mustawan was arrested for eight hours on Tuesday after an extensive search by the Malaysian police.
"He is suspected of involvement in activities that could jeopardize national security and foreign militants linked to," said Widyarka Ryananta, advisor to the social and cultural information on the embassy.
"He came as a student in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur five years ago. He now works as a marketing executive for a private company."
Widyarka said the embassy would Mustawan legal rights as Indonesian citizens were respected.
The police are currently holding Mustawan under the controversial Internal Security Act, which allows them to hold him without charge, warrant or access to legal advice to 60 days.
The two other men arrested with him are Malaysian nationals Samsul Hamidi, 34, and Sheik Abdullah Sheik Junaid, 70.
The Malaysian newspaper The Star said human rights groups, who have long fought against the ISA, criticized the arrests, saying the three detainees were "the risk of torture and other ill-treatment." Activists said the detainees should be charged in court or released.
The series of arrests following raids in West Java on August 7, in which five men believed to be members of the militant group Aceh were arrested. A batch of high-powered explosives was also found.
A car seized during the raids, would belong to a French citizen, was prepared for a bombing. The five suspected terrorists were reportedly preparing to attack embassies and international hotels in the capital.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said police are still tracing the French national but has so far remained in the dark about his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Jakarta Police said they increased security around the capital in light of the recently excavated threats ahead of Independence Day on Tuesday.
"We will increase security of vital installations in Norway," Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said.
"We will focus on the Presidential Palace, of course, as well as government offices, in anticipation of terrorist activities."
"Mustawan is a member of the JAT's Jakarta branch," National Police spokesman Comr. Ketut Untung Yoga said during a press conference on Friday.
However, he refused to confirm or Mustawan Aceh was linked to the group.
JAT, headquartered in Solo, has been fighting for the implementation of Sharia law across the archipelago.
Yoga said that because Mustawan held by the Malaysian police, the Indonesian authorities were unaware of the charges he faced.
"We are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with the Malaysian authorities," the police spokesperson added.
The national police said Mustawan was not on their list of wanted terror suspects.
In Solo, Secretary-General Abdurrahman JAT denied knowing anything about Mustawan.
"I do not know if he belongs or not is something we need to check," he said.
An official at the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said this week that Mustawan was arrested for eight hours on Tuesday after an extensive search by the Malaysian police.
"He is suspected of involvement in activities that could jeopardize national security and foreign militants linked to," said Widyarka Ryananta, advisor to the social and cultural information on the embassy.
"He came as a student in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur five years ago. He now works as a marketing executive for a private company."
Widyarka said the embassy would Mustawan legal rights as Indonesian citizens were respected.
The police are currently holding Mustawan under the controversial Internal Security Act, which allows them to hold him without charge, warrant or access to legal advice to 60 days.
The two other men arrested with him are Malaysian nationals Samsul Hamidi, 34, and Sheik Abdullah Sheik Junaid, 70.
The Malaysian newspaper The Star said human rights groups, who have long fought against the ISA, criticized the arrests, saying the three detainees were "the risk of torture and other ill-treatment." Activists said the detainees should be charged in court or released.
The series of arrests following raids in West Java on August 7, in which five men believed to be members of the militant group Aceh were arrested. A batch of high-powered explosives was also found.
A car seized during the raids, would belong to a French citizen, was prepared for a bombing. The five suspected terrorists were reportedly preparing to attack embassies and international hotels in the capital.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said police are still tracing the French national but has so far remained in the dark about his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Jakarta Police said they increased security around the capital in light of the recently excavated threats ahead of Independence Day on Tuesday.
"We will increase security of vital installations in Norway," Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said.
"We will focus on the Presidential Palace, of course, as well as government offices, in anticipation of terrorist activities."
