Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Police have arrested two men in West Java on suspicion of being financiers of terrorist activity in Indonesia, a spokesman said.
The head of the National Police Headquarters` public relations division, Inspector General Nanan Soekarna, said here Wednesday he could not yet say the two men were really involved in terrorism because their questioning was still in progress.
The two men, identified only as Ali and Iwan, were arrested over the weekend respectively in Nagrek and Kuningan, West Java.
Based on Law Number 15 of 2003 on terrorism crimes the police are allowed to hold suspects for seven days.
If within the seven days, police could not find evidence of their involvement, they must be released but if there was strong evidence, police could detain them longer.
"There was information they planned to open an internet kiosk but an investigation is still underway to confirm if they really wanted to open the business or had other plans," he said.
Nanan said the police could not yet confirm Ali`s nationality, which seemed to be Saudi.
"We still have yet to confirm if he is really a Saudi national or he had just made it up," he said.
Nanan admitted the police had difficulty tracing the source of funds for terrorist activity because it appeared the money was not channeled through the banking system.
Therefore, the Center of Financial Transaction Analysis and Reporting (PPATK) also faced difficulties tracing them, he said.
"If all transactions are done through banks they can be detected by PPATK. However if they are not, they cannot be monitored," he said.
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