"We must not let our country become a land of adventure and dirty hands of irresponsible people," he said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said irresponsible people had smeared the Indonesian people`s peaceful and tranquil lives over the past days.
"Over the past days, our peace and tranquility have been smeared by irresponsible people," he told attendants of Nyepi celebration here Monday evening.
A series of bomb terror had created fear and suspicion in the society members. The people could not be left in a fearful situation, the head of state said.
Therefore, security officers and law enforcers had to work fast and arrest all perpetrators, he said.
"We must not let our country become a land of adventure and dirty hands of irresponsible people," he said.
President Yudhoyono also called on the Balinese Hindus to keep strengthening their self-controls as part of their efforts to get tranquility and peace in Motherland.
"This call is also addressed to all followers of other religions in Indonesia," he said.
The Nyepi celebration held at the Indonesian military headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, was also attended by Vice President Boediono, a number of cabinet members, Military Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono and National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo.
Nyepi is one of the religious celebrations for Balinese Hindus to enable them to have a meditation on tranquility.
A series of bomb threats had rocked parts of Indonesia over the past two weeks.
A Jakarta metropolitan police bomb squad had even detonated a suspicious package that a local resident named Iskandar had received last Saturday (March 19).
Earlier in the day, the Jakarta metropolitan police also disposed of a package received by Jakarta-based Muhammadiyah University Rector Masyitoh Chusnan.
On March 15, four packages containing books with bombs planted in them were sent to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, activist of the Islam Liberal Network, Goris Mere, the chief of the National Anti-Narcotics Agency, Yapto Soeryosumarno, the chief of the Pancasila Youth organization, and Ahmad Dhani, a musician.
Then, a plastic bag containing a bomb was also found in Cibubur, Bogor district.
A Bank Central Asia (BCA) building at Serpong Road, Banten Province, also received a bomb threat on March 18. On March 19, a church at Titi Papan Road in Medan, North Sumatran province, also received a bomb threat.
On Monday, people in Bogor city were also gripped by fear of bomb explosions following the discovery of a parcel suspected of containing a bomb near the city`s grand mosque.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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