inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The head of the public information bureau (Karo Penmas) of the National Police (Polri) Public Relations Division (Divisi Humas), Brigadier General Dr. Ahmad Ramadhan, S.H., M.H., M.Sc. stated that there were 15 suspects and perpetrators of terrorism with civil servant backgrounds who had been apprehended by Special Detachment (Densus) 88. This number represents the number of suspects that had been arrested by Densus 88 until March 2022.
"Until now, the number of terrorism suspects and convicts with civil servant backgrounds are 15 people," Karo Penmas Divisi humas Polri said, Tuesday (15/3/2022).
He did not specify the identity of the 15 terrorist convicts. He only mentioned that one of the PNS suspects, initialed TU, was a terrorist from the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) who had just been arrested in Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday morning.
"TU is also a civil servant/ASN," said the One-Star General.
The arrest of TU was done at 04.52 WIB Tuesday morning. TU was arrested in the Samawa Village Housing area, Jatimulya Village, Sepatan District, Tangerang. The police have not disclosed TU's role and involvement in the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network.