The government was still unable to confirm on Thursday whether a suspected terrorist recently arrested in Pakistan was in fact Umar Patek, an Indonesian who is wanted here in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings.
"Kita sekarang silang informasi," kata Sutanto, Kepala Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN), di Istana Negara. “We are now crosschecking the information,” Sutanto, head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), said at the State Palace. "Foto identik, tetapi kita perlu memeriksa lebih." “The photo is identical, but we need to check more.”
Umar Patek, diduga anggota Jemaah Islamiyah, kelompok teroris regional yang terkait dengan Al-Qaeda, dilaporkan ditangkap di Pakistan awal tahun ini. Umar Patek, a suspected member of Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, was reportedly arrested in Pakistan earlier this year. Pemerintah mengatakan tim yang terdiri dari pejabat intelijen dan polisi telah dikirim ke Pakistan untuk menentukan identitas orang itu. The government says a team of intelligence officials and police officers has been sent to Pakistan to determine the identity of the man.
Namun Sutanto mengatakan meskipun ia adalah positif diidentifikasi, pemerintah masih akan tidak memiliki yurisdiksi langsung atas Patek. But Sutanto said even if he was positively identified, the government would still not have direct jurisdiction over Patek.
"Dia juga melanggar hukum di sana," katanya. “He also violated the law there,” he said. "Jadi kita harus menghormati hukum di Pakistan." “So we need to respect the law in Pakistan.”
Patek, kata dia, sudah melawan penangkapan dan melukai seorang pejabat keamanan Pakistan saat dibawa ke tahanan. Patek, he said, had resisted arrest and injured a Pakistani security official while being taken into custody.
Kapolri Jenderal Timur Pradopo, sementara itu, mengatakan mereka masih menunggu di DNA dan verifikasi sidik jari. National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo, meanwhile, said they were still waiting on DNA and fingerprint verification.
"Sekali lagi, saya mengatakan ada belum ada konfirmasi dari identitasnya," katanya. “Once more, I say there has not yet been any confirmation of his identity,” he said.
Menteri Luar Negeri Marty Natalegawa mengatakan bahwa pemerintah telah sehingga informasi ini hanya menerima sekitar penangkapan dari media, dengan Islamabad belum memberikan pemberitahuan resmi. Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said the government had so far only received information about the arrest from the media, with Islamabad yet to provide official notification.
"Kita harus mengikuti semua tahapan, termasuk verifikasi identifikasi dan konfirmasi," katanya. “We need to follow all the stages, including identification verification and confirmation,” he said. "Dan kemudian aparat penegak hukum akan memutuskan apa yang harus dilakukan." “And then the law-enforcement officers will decide what to do.”
Djoko Suyanto, Menteri Koordinator Bidang Politik, hukum dan keamanan, mengatakan pemerintah masih diperlukan untuk menentukan apakah tersangka ditahan ternyata Patek. Djoko Suyanto, the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, said the authorities still needed to determine if the detained suspect was in fact Patek. "Dikatakan bahwa ia telah ditangkap, tetapi kita perlu pergi ke sana untuk memastikan hal ini," katanya. “It is said that he has been arrested, but we need to go there to ensure this,” he said.
Pada hari Rabu, pejabat keamanan Pakistan, berbicara dengan syarat anonim karena sifat sensitif masalah ini, menegaskan penangkapan. On Wednesday, Pakistani security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue, confirmed the arrest.
"CIA tipped kami off bahwa dia mungkin bepergian di sini," kata seorang pejabat, namun menekankan bahwa itu adalah "operasi semata-mata Pakistan." “The CIA tipped us off that he might be traveling here,” one official said, but stressed that it was a “solely Pakistani operation.”
Sutanto mengatakan bahwa istri Patek itu juga diyakini berada di Pakistan. Sutanto said Patek's wife was also believed to be in Pakistan. "Dia pergi ke Pakistan dengan Umar Patek," katanya. “She went to Pakistan with Umar Patek,” he said.
Dia mengatakan bahwa sejak Patek juga diduga melanggar hukum Pakistan, setiap keputusan oleh Islamabad pada apakah dia harus diekstradisi akan dihormati. He said that since Patek was also suspected of violating Pakistani law, any decision by Islamabad on whether he should be extradited would be respected.
"Kami akan memeriksa [apakah mungkin], karena ia juga melanggar hukum di sana dan kita harus menghormati itu," katanya. “We will check [whether it is possible], as he has also breached the law there and we should respect that,” he said.
Sementara itu, sumber di unit antiterorisme Kepolisian Nasional mengatakan kepada Globe Jakarta, Kamis bahwa meskipun tim telah tiba di Pakistan minggu lalu, itu belum dapat menentukan identitas tersangka. Meanwhile, a source at the National Police's antiterrorism unit told the Jakarta Globe on Thursday that although a team had arrived in Pakistan last week, it had not yet been able to determine the suspect's identity.
"Kami masih menunggu konfirmasi. “We are still waiting for the confirmation. Tim terdiri dari peneliti kami dan anggota Badan Intelijen Negara, "kata sumber itu, menolak untuk mengkonfirmasi apakah tim Indonesia telah diberikan akses ke Patek. The team consists of our investigators and members of the State Intelligence Agency,” the source said, declining to confirm whether the Indonesian team had been given access to Patek.