Police arrest another terrorist suspect
Selasa, 12 Agustus 2014 22:44 WIB | 559 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police anti-terror squad Densus 88 has arrested another terrorist suspect known as member of the West Mujahidin Indonesia (MIB) network.
"At around 13.00pm on Monday an arrest had been made on a terrorist suspect who is a member of the MIB network under Abu Robans leadership and who has so far been in the wanted list," National Police Command head of public relations division Inspector General Ronny F Sompie said here on Tuesday.
He said the suspect who had been arrested was known as Riyanto alias Jono alias Jon alias Adam.
He said the police learned his name as well as other personal data from his ID. Riyanto was born in Cilacap, Central Java, on September 1, 1977 and lived in Dukuhan RT004/RW015 in the village of Berjo, Ngargoyoso sub-district. He is Moslem and works as a private company worker.
"He was arrested in front of a building materials shop in the Gotong Royong street in Sewu villages, Surakarta," Ronny said.
He said Riyanto had also been involved in a fai operation or a robbery worth Rp80 million at a post office in Parung, West Java, in 2012 aimed at collecting money to finance their terrorism activities.
"He was also involved in fai operation at BRI bank in Jeketro, Grobogan, Central Java, causing the bank to lose Rp300 million," he said.
Densus 88 has recently arrested three terrorist suspects.
Guntur Pamungkas and Kardi who were arrested on August 8 in Ngawi, East Java, were believed to be members of the Muhahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) led by Santoso and Daeng Koro.
The other one, who is also the executive chief of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), Afif Abdul Majid alias Afif, meanwhile was arrested on August 9 in Jatiasih, Bekasi, West Java.(*)
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Training plane makes emergency landing in rice field
Selasa, 12 Agustus 2014 22:53 WIB | 640 Views
Semarang, C Java (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian military (TNI) training plane made an emergency landing at Jogosroyo village in Central Javas Sukoharjo District on Tuesday after it had undergone engine trouble.
No fatalities or injuries were reported in the accident, only the plane was damaged, head of the public relations section of the Central Java provincial police Snr. Comr. Liliek Darmanto reported here on Tuesday.
Both Major Surono, trainer, and Sergeant Putupay, trainee, have survived the accident, Liliek noted.
The plane experienced engine trouble while on a training flight and hovered over the area for some time," he said.
The trainer later decided to make an emergency landing on a rice field, he added.(*)
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Indonesia`s aviation manufacturer secures orders to build 100 N219 aircraft
Selasa, 12 Agustus 2014 15:42 WIB | 559 Views
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian aviation manufacturing company PT DI has received orders for the production of 100 N219 aircraft, Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta stated.
"PT DI in cooperation with LAPAN is building N219s. Four aircraft of that type will be assembled and completed by April 2015," the minister noted here on Tuesday.
PT DI is manufacturing the aircraft in cooperation with other agencies apart from the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN).
Besides LAPAN, the Indonesian aircraft manufacturer has also involved the Ministry of Research and Technology, the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), and the Ministry of Industry.
So far, PT DI has received orders for the construction of 100 N219 aircraft from a national airline, he reported.
For the construction of the N219 aircraft, PT DI created airplane mock-ups, prepared material, and the required specifications to make flight engineering models and simulators.
LAPAN has the task of working on the design and development of the N219 aircraft.
A total of 28 researchers had worked with the Indonesian airplane industry, which was launched on March 12, 2014, especially in the fields of avionics, electronics, propulsion, engineering, flight simulators, aerodynamics, and structural analysis, according to information from PT DI.
In this project, BPPT had conducted assessment of the aircrafts aerodynamics and structure.
The Ministry of Industry has developed the support industries and has created industrial clusters for the production of the N219 aircraft.
The N219 aircraft were designed by Indonesians and were developed with about 60 percent indigenous technology, Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat earlier stated.
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