DOD REWARDS -- INDONESIAN POLICE PAY 13 INFORMANTS

S E C R E T JAKARTA 001152 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, S/CT, DS/ICI/RFJ, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/CC, DS/IIP/SC DOJ FOR CRIS THORNTON, AAG SWARTZ FBI FOR ETTIU/SSA SOLOMOM NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/11/2018 TAGS: PTER PREL PINS ID SUBJECT: DOD REWARDS -- INDONESIAN POLICE PAY 13 INFORMANTS FOR ABU DUJANA ARREST REF: A. 07 JAKARTA 2473 ¶B. 07 JAKARTA 1770 ¶C. 07 JAKARTA 1620 Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Daniel Turnbull, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (S) SUMMARY: On May 23, the Indonesian National Police (INP) paid reward money to 13 Indonesian nationals for their role in providing information leading to the capture of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Abu Dujana in June 2007 in Central Java (ref C). The INP used Department of Defense (DOD) Rewards funding provided by the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) to pay each informant $3,000 for his assistance. This is the second such cash pay-out to informants within the past year. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (S) CAPTURE OF KEY TERRORIST: On May 23 in Jakarta, the Indonesian National Police (INP) honored 13 Indonesian nationals from Yogjakarta, Central Java for their assistance in helping the INP locate and capture several JI operatives in June 2007. The arrests included the commander of JI's "military wing," Abu Dujana. The INP's clandestine anti-terrorist unit, Team Bomb (protect),organized the rewards pay out and worked with DOD and DOS officers to have the money delivered to INP headquarters in Jakarta. DOD and Department of State officers witnessed the pay-outs via closed-circuit television in an adjacent room. ¶3. (S) REWARDS BOOST POLICE CAMPAIGN: The 13 informants received their cash payments from Police Senior Superintendent Benny Mamoto, who works at the INP's Interpol office in Jakarta. Mamoto thanked the informants for their help in capturing Dujana and explained the importance of their actions to the security of their country. Mamoto then presented each person with a small backpack containing the cash reward. During the presentation a police photographer took photos of each recipient as he received the award. Some of the photos, altered to hide the identities of the informants, will be used by the INP to promote the INP's Rewards for Justice campaign throughout the country. ¶4. (S) FUNDING GOES A LONG WAY: The ability of the INP to pay cash rewards to citizens who help them capture terrorists is important in INP anti-terrorist efforts. The amount of reward money given to each informant ($3,000) is a realistic, if generous, amount by Indonesian living standards and lends credibility to the program's presentation as managed and funded by the INP. The INP appreciates U.S. assistance, on the basis of which the INP has provided cash pay-outs totaling $187,000 to 17 informants over the past year. HUME