Twenty Two Suspected Extremists Are Transferred To Jakarta

Twenty two men arrested in recent weeks were connected to the banned Jemaah Islamiyah militant group - among them a convicted leader who was recruiting and training new members, Indonesian authorities said.
The al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah carried out a string of past bombings in [/news/indonesia/index.html Indonesia], including the 2002 bombings in tour bali từ hà nội that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists including Australians.
The group were banned by a court in 2008 and have been targeted by Indonesia's counterterrosim police with the support of Australia and the US.  
The men were flown on Thursday under the guard of Indonesia's elite counterterrorism squad from Surabaya, the capital of the East Java province, to a police detention center in Jakarta for further questioning.
Footage showed them being led off the plane, their hands and legs cuffed and their faces masked.    
Police escort Usman bin Sef, also known as Fahim, a convicted leader of al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group in East Java province on  Thursday, March 18
The 22 men were flown under the guard of Indonesia's elite counterterrorism squad from Surabaya to a police detention center in Jakarta for further questioning 
A dozen of them were arrested in different cities in the East Java province late last month. 
Counterterrorism police arrested another 10 early this month.
Police also seized a pistol, knives, long swords, machetes and jihadist books, National Police spokesperson Rusdi Hartono said.
He said the suspects conducted military-style training in East Java's Malang district and plotted to attack on-duty police. 
Mr Hartono said previously the suspects created a bunker for weapons and bomb-making and prepared a route to escape after carrying out their planned attacks.
Among the suspects transferred was Usman bin Sef, also known as Fahim. 
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The militants are believed to be connected to linked to the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group 
Police transferred suspected militants arrested in raids in the last few weeks, from East Java to the capital city for further questioning
Fahim was a veteran fighter in Afghanistan who was sentenced to three and half years in jail in 2005 for harbouring Malaysian terror fugitive Noordin Top and for a plot to attack police, counterterrorism squad operation chief Aswin Siregar said.
'In the current operation, Fahim had established a training ground with a program to create a jihadist group to fight in Medina for next year,' Mr Siregar said. 
He did not elaborate on what the group was planning there.
'We will continue to hunt them down, there will be no place for JI in Indonesia.'
The arrests came almost three months after authorities arrested 22 alleged JI members in Lampung province on Sumatra island, including JI's suspected military leader, Zulkarnaen, who had been wanted for more than 18 years 
East Java vice police chief Slamet Hadi Suprapto told reporters in Surabaya that the JI cell led by Fahim had recruited at least 50 new members in the province in the past five years.
The arrests came almost three months after authorities arrested 22 alleged JI members in Lampung province on Sumatra island, including JI's suspected military leader, kynghidongduong.vn Zulkarnaen, who had been wanted for more than 18 years.
Zulkarnaen was arrested in early December and also has been transferred to Jakarta for further investigation.