They belong to one family, of Achsanul Huda (AH) and M. Hidayah (MH). Hidayah was a terrorist who died in Tulungagung, East Java, some time ago.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Ten of the sixteen Indonesian nationals who have been detained in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, are from East Java, according to police.

"Ten of the sixteen Indonesians come from East Java. They belong to one family, of Achsanul Huda (AH) and M. Hidayah (MH). Hidayah was a terrorist who died in Tulungagung, East Java, some time ago," National Police Spokesperson Brigadier General Anton Charliyann said here on Thursday.

Charliyann remarked that Achsanul Huda died in Syria along with a cleric Siswanto. Siswanto was from Lamongan, East Java. He was suspected of indulging in terrorism-related activities.

Six other citizens are from West Java.

The National Police have released the names of the sixteen Indonesian nationals who are currently detained in government shelters in Turkey. They are:

1. Ririn Andrian Sawir (AHs wife)

2. Qorin Munadiyatul Haq (AHs daughter)

3. Nayla Syahidah (AHs daughter)

4. Jauza Firdaus Nuzula (AHs daughter)

5. Ikrimah Waliturohman (AHs daughter)

6. Alya Nur Islam (AHs daughter)

7. Agha Rustam Rohmatullah (AHs son)

8. Abdurahman Umarov (AHs son)

9. Tiara Nurmayanti Marlekan (MHs wife)

10. Syifa Hidayah Kalashnikova (MHs daughter)

11. Daeng Stanzah (from Ciamis, Jawa Barat)

12. Ifah Syarifah (DSs wife)

13. Ishaq (DSs son)

14. Asiyah Mujahidah (DSs daughter)

15. Aisyahnaz Yazmin (from Bandung, Jabar)

16. Muhammad Ihsan Rais (from Ciamis, Jabar).

Earlier, the National Police started negotiating with Turkish authorities to interrogate the sixteen Indonesians detained in Turkey.

"We are negotiating with Turkish authorities to interrogate the sixteen Indonesians," National Police Spokesperson Brigadier General Anton Charliyan said here on Wednesday.

Police have been cooperating with the National Counterterrorism Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and National Intelligence Agency to investigate what motivated the sixteen Indonesians to go to Turkey and who sponsored their trip.

He remarked that the team has not been able to examine the sixteen Indonesians directly due to Turkeys bureaucratic constraints.

According to Charliyan, the sixteen Indonesians are in good health. Police have not yet studied the article to ensnare the sixteen Indonesians.

"It will depend on the result of their examination. If they have joined ISIS, they can be ensnared. So, we must first analyze all facts properly," he affirmed.

Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Fahri Hamzah stated that the government should strengthen the peoples economic and social welfare in order to combat the radical ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

"Radicalism is not only related to an ideology but also to the economic condition of the people. The government should strengthen the countrys economic and social welfare system," Fahri noted here on Thursday.

He pointed out that the Turkish state, a country that is adjacent to Syria and Iran, has not been affected by ISIS because it has a strong economy.

He stated that the government should not issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to prevent the spread of ISIS in Indonesia.

He remarked that ISIS has been a product of the Middle East, hence, the government should not overreact to it. The issue has not been of much relevance to situation in Indonesia.

"Moderate Islam has been our tradition," he affirmed.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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