Police unveil 20,068 charities allegedly founded to fund JI Terrorist Group

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The police revealed that there were 20,068 charities suspected of financing the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spread over 12 regions.

“The information is based on information from the results of the investigation of the suspect FS,” said the Chief of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono upon being confirmed, on Thursday (12/17/2020).

The suspect FS is said to come from the Abdurrahman Bin Auf Foundation (ABA).

The foundation’s charities are distributed in North Sumatra (4,000), Lampung (6,000), Jakarta (48), Semarang (300), Pati (200), Temanggung (200), Solo (2,000), Yogyakarta ( 2,000), Magetan (2,000). ), Surabaya (800), Malang (2500) and Ambon (20).

He said the charity box features found in Solo, North Sumatra, Pati, Magetan and Ambon were in the shape of a glass box with a wooden frame.

Meanwhile, for other areas in the form of glass boxes with aluminum frames.

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The SK numbers of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the National Agency Zakat (Baznas), and the Ministry of Religion are also listed.

According to information obtained by the police, the JI group has never used a false base.

Argo said that most charity boxes are placed at food stands because they only need to ask permission from the owner or workers at the stand.

“There are no specific characteristics that lead to a terrorist organization, because its objective is to avoid arousing the suspicion and mixing of the public,” he said.

In addition to using the charity box method, the JI group is also suspected of raising funds directly during certain events.

Currently, the police say that the JI group is starting to try to enter society or what they are called. go in public.

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This is because it is increasingly difficult for the JI group to raise funds if it only relies on its members.

“The selection of JI members who carry out the task of going public has requirements such as that the name is still clean from the BAP information of the members who have been arrested and have usually been on hiatus for quite some time. “, said.