Last week, Pakistan handed Umar Patek, a mastermind in the Bali bombing, to the Indonesian police, and Jakarta expressed gratitude to Islamabad for catching the wanted terrorist, Ambassador Sanaullah said in a press statement here on Monday.
Both countries have faced terrorism problems but managed to deal with them thanks to their joint efforts, the ambassador said in his speech on at a Pakistani Independence Day celebration in the embassy complex here on August 14.
He said Pakistan had been able to destroy terrorist networks and hunted down terrorists in their hideouts.
On the occasion, Ambassador Sanaullah launched a data base of Pakistani nationals staying in Indonesia in order to facilitate communication between them and the Pakistani embassy especially for consular purposes.
Long wanted terror suspect Umar Patek arrived in Jakarta recently after being deported from Pakistan.
"Yes, it`s true, this morning at 7 am local time, terror suspect Umar Patek arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma after being deported by Pakistan to Indonesia. He is now being sent the Kelapa Dua police mobile brigade jail," National Police spokesman Inspector General Anton Bachrul Alam said here on August 11, 2011.
Umar Patek was caught in Abbotabad, Pakistan, on January 25, 2011, and deported to Indonesia for violating Pakistan`s immigration law, he said.
Umar Patek admitted that he was the one who assembled the bombs that exploded in Bali in 2002 killing more than two hundred people.
"During preliminary questioning shortly after his arrival in Jakarta, Umar admitted that he was the one who assembled the bombs used in the first Bali bombings and Christmas eve bombings in 2000 together with Dr Azahari," Inspector General Anton Bachrul Alam, said here on August 12. (*)
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