The Chinese government has announced it will help the police in Central Sulawesi identify Chinese citizens from the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang province who have infiltrated Indonesia to join the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terror group led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
Mon, March 28 2016, 8:20 AM<\/p>\n
The Chinese government has announced it will help the police in Central Sulawesi identify Chinese citizens from the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang province who have infiltrated Indonesia to join the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terror group led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi. <\/p>\n
Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi said they had received notification from the Chinese government regarding the arrival of many Uighurs wishing to join Santoso in Poso.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chinese government has coordinated with us. They wish to assist and even help identify the Uighurs joining Santoso\u2019s group,\u201d Rudy said. <\/p>\n
Rudy visited China earlier to coordinate with the Chinese government and traveled to Xinjiang province to observe the conditions of the community there. The social conditions in Xinjiang, he said, were similar to those in Indonesia where militant groups had emerged. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been there and the many militant groups there are like Santoso\u2019s group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Uighur militants arrived in Indonesia in response a request from Santoso on YouTube.<\/p>\n
Police said they had identified six Uighurs that had joined the MIT group, four of whom were killed during a skirmish with police and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel working together in Operation Tinombala.<\/p>\n
Rudy said two other Uighur members, identified as Kohar, alias Malik, and Abdul, had now left. The dead have been identified as Faruk, alias Magalasi Bahtusan, Nuretin, alias Abdul, Joko Uigur, alias Turang Ismail and Sobron, alias Son Haji.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe remaining Uighurs are currently hiding in the Napu Valley woods in Poso,\u201d said Rudy. <\/p>\n
The manhunt for Santoso and his men in Napu Valley, Poso, has intensified of late after the police received information of Santoso\u2019s possible whereabouts in the Wuasa woods. \u201cTroops are now scouring the Wuasa woods and also the Sedoa jungle,\u201d First Sgt. Ali Ramadhan, a TNI soldier from the Raider Infantry Battalion, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
To enter the jungle and Sedoa mountainous region, troops must cross the swift-flowing Sopu River and then pass through farms and woods to arrive at the coordinated spot. The journey by foot takes two days. <\/p>\n
The US government has listed Santoso on its list of global terrorists, called Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) list, blocking any US assets he might have and barring any American citizen from getting involved with him. <\/p>\n
Terrorism expert Al Chaidar said Santoso should be on the SDGT list because he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) movement in 2014. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe US government should\u2019ve put his name on the list long time ago. He has recruited several seasoned fighters who have been to Afghanistan. He is a dangerous man,\u201d Chaidar said.<\/p>\n
Santoso is accused of masterminding a number of killings and kidnappings in Indonesia over the last several years. He has managed to evade capture by Indonesian law enforcement officers in Poso for more than three years.<\/p>\n
Operation Tinombala has so far run for three months and around 3,000 personnel from elite TNI and National Police units are involved in the operation, which was earlier located in Poso Pesisir and Parigi Moutong, and has now moved to the Napu Valley area. The operation has been extended for another six months because of the harsh terrain in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cSantoso and his followers have survived even though they don\u2019t have logistics. They can still hunt. And let\u2019s not forget, Santoso took part in survival training in the Philippines,\u201d Chaidar said. (wnd)<\/strong> – <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chinese government has announced it will help the police in Central Sulawesi identify Chinese citizens from the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang province who have infiltrated Indonesia to join the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) terror group led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}