INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 006773 DEPARTMENT FOR S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/02 TAGS: PTER PREL ID SUBJECT: INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: A) STATE 203771, B) 1996 JAKARTA 7841 ¶1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL COUNSELOR ED MCWILLIAMS; REASON 1.5(D) ¶2. (U) FORMAT FOR THIS MESSAGE WAS DERIVED FROM REF A. ¶A. RESPONSE OF THE INDONESIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997: -------------- -------------- ¶3. (U) THE GOI JUDICIAL SYSTEM WAS NOT CONFRONTED WITH ANY ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING 1997. IT WAS, HOWEVER, CONFRONTED WITH INCIDENTS WHICH FALL INTO REF A'S DESCRIPTION OF "DOMESTIC TERRORISM:" "PREMEDITATED, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST NON-COMBATANT TARGETS BY SUB- NATIONAL GROUPS OR CLANDESTINE STATE AGENTS." ¶4. (U) IN EAST TIMOR, NON-COMBATANTS WERE TARGETS OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE CARRIED OUT BOTH BY SUBNATIONAL GROUPS OF ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST EAST TIMORESE AND MILITARY-BACKED PRO-INTEGRATIONIST GROUPS ("GARDA PAKSI" AND OTHERS). THE GOI POLICE/MILITARY AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM HAS SOUGHT TO APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST ELEMENTS ACCUSED OF ATTACKS ON NON- COMBATANTS (AND COMBATANTS). IT CURRENTLY HAS DETAINED AND IS PREPARING CASES AGAINST TWO PERSONS WHOM IT HAS ALLEGED ARE TERRORISTS BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE MUNITIONS INTO EAST TIMOR. THE GOI IS SEEKING THE SURRENDER FROM REFUGE IN THE AUSTRIAN EMBASSY OF TWO OTHERS IT ALLEGES ARE INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THOSE MUNITIONS (BOMBS) WHICH IT CLAIMS WERE TO BE USED BY ARMED ANTI-INTEGRATIONIST FORCES IN EAST TIMOR. ¶5. (U) THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE BROUGHT TO TRIAL ANY OF THE MILITARY-BACKED CLANDESTINE STATE AGENTS (GARDA PAKSI AND OTHERS) WHO ARE ALLEGED BY VARIOUS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE TARGETED NON-COMBATANT EAST TIMORESE WHO OPPOSE EAST TIMOR'S INTEGRATION INTO INDONESIA. ¶B. GOI EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR PROSECUTION DURING 1997 OR ASSISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO U.S. REQUESTS IN TERRORIST CASES: -------------- -------------- ¶6. (S) THE GOI HAS COOPERATED IN ASSEMBLING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE INVOLVED IN U.S. PROSECUTION OF THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR OF A 1986 ATTACK ON THE U.S. EMBASSY IN JAKARTA. THIS COOPERATION, WHICH BEGAN IN 1996, HAS CONTINUED IN 1997 (SEE REF B). (THE ACCUSED WAS CONVICTED IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT IN NOVEMBER, 1997.) ¶C. IMPEDIMENTS TO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION AND/OR EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: -------------- -------------- ¶7. (S) DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF A FORMAL EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND INDONESIA, AND SOME CONSTRAINTS RELATED TO EXTRADITION CONTAINED IN INDONESIAN LAW, THE GOI HAS COOPERATED WITH THE UNITED STATES IN SUPPORT OF PROSECUTION OF A RECENT COURT CASE (PARA 6). (NOTE: THE QUESTION OF EXTRADITION OF THE ACCUSED FROM INDONESIAN TERRITORY DID NOT ARISE IN THAT CASE AS THE ACCUSED WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF INDONESIA. END NOTE) ¶D. INDONESIAN RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS: -------------- -------------- ¶8. (C) INDONESIA, WHICH HAS SIGNED FOUR OF THE 10 KEY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONVENTIONS, HAS A CONSISTENT RECORD OF COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN FIGHTING TERRORISM. IN RESPONSE TO A JOINT DEMARCHE BY G-7 CHIEFS OF MISSION (PLUS RUSSIA), LED BY THE UNITED STATES IN JULY, THE FOREIGN MINISTER PLEDGED TO CONSIDER HOW INDONESIA COULD MOVE FORWARD TOWARD SIGNING THE SIX CONVENTIONS IT HAD NOT YET SIGNED. ¶E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOI IN 1997: -------------- -------------- ¶9. (U) NONE. ¶F. HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST GROUPS, INCLUDING POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT THROUGH DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION: -------------- -------------- ¶10. (U) INDONESIA HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, INCLUDING RECIPROCAL RESIDENT DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE, WITH ALL SEVEN OF THOSE COUNTRIES CURRENTLY ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S TERRORISM LIST: CUBA, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, SYRIA AND SUDAN. GENERALLY, THE GOI HAS OPPOSED SANCTIONS PROPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AND OTHERS IN INTERNATIONAL FORA WHICH TARGET THESE SEVEN GOVERNMENTS FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. ¶G. GOI PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST- SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE: -------------- -------------- ¶11. (U) THE GOI OCCASIONALLY IS CRITICAL OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON OTHER STATES FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. NEVERTHELESS, THE GOI IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANTI-TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS. ¶H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE 1996 IN THE GOI'S ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC: -------------- -------------- ¶12. (U) NONE. ¶I. U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE GOI: -------------- -------------- ¶13. (C) AS NOTED IN PARA 8, THE GOI WELCOMED AND PLEDGED TO SEEK ACTION ON A G-7 PLUS RUSSIA INITIATIVE WHICH ENCOURAGED ALL GOVERNMENTS WHICH HAD NOT RATIFIED ALL OF THE TEN PRINCIPAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS TO DO SO. ¶J. GOI COOPERATION IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN THE INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR INTERESTS: -------------- -------------- ¶14. (S) AS NOTED IN PARAS 6 AND 7, THE GOI CONTINUES TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. IN ASSEMBLING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE IN A CASE INVOLVING A 1986 TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U.S. EMBASSY IN JAKARTA. THE GOI GENERALLY HAS RESPONDED QUICKLY AND APPROPRIATELY TO THREATS POSED BY DEMONSTRATORS TARGETING THE U.S. EMBASSY. ¶K. GOI COOPERATION IN THE PREVENTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS IN INDONESIA: -------------- -------------- ¶15. (U) NO SUCH INCIDENT HAS ARISEN. ROY