TERRORIST FINANCE -- DEMARCHE ON ADDING ALIASES TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001138 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, S/CT, EEB/ESC/TFS, SCA/RA TREASURY /OIA FOR DITMAR REDFERN EEB/ESC/TFS FOR LYNNE LAMBERT SCA/RA FOR MANUEL MICALLER S/CT FOR TARA DROZDENKO NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018 TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ID SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE -- DEMARCHE ON ADDING ALIASES TO UN 1267 LIST REF: A. STATE 59092 ¶B. JAKARTA 947 Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Stanley A. Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) On June 9 poloff met with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) to discuss the addition, per ref A, of the aliases of two groups already on the UN 1267 list. Poloff provided information on the aliases, requested Indonesian support for the listings and urged that Indonesia take appropriate actions domestically. ¶2. (C) Responding, Munandar said DEPLU would pass the aliases to appropriate members of the government, including the Central Bank and Indonesian National Police's anti-terrorist unit, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88),since SD-88 was responsible for investigating all terrorism-related issues in the country. Munandar said the GOI appreciated the thorough investigations provided by the United States on organizations and individuals as the basis for a UN 1267 listing. That said, Munandar reiterated previous DEPLU statements (ref B) that Indonesia would likely not take any domestic action on these 1267 listings because Indonesia considered the 1267 process unfair and in need of reform. HUME