[Jakarta Post] President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a regulation to ban Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), an Islamic organization seeking to establish a global Islamic caliphate.
Presidential spokesperson Johan Budi said that Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto would announce the decision on Wednesday. Chairman of the country's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama Said Aqil Siraj, who met Jokowi on Tuesday, also confirmed Jokowi's decision to disband HTI, adding that the announcement would be made on Thursday, not Wednesday.
Earlier in March, the office of Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs announced that the government would ban HTI from operating in the country on the grounds that its vision of establishing a caliphate contradicted the value of Pancasila, which values diversity and pluralism.
The decision to ban HTI came amidst worsening sectarianism during the course of the Jakarta gubernatorial election which saw Christian of Chinese descent Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok' Purnama facing off against former culture and education minister Anies Baswedan.
If the HTI is eventually dissolved, it would be the first Islamic organization to be banned in the period following the downfall of the New Order authoritarian regime in 1998. During the three decades of that regime, president Soeharto banned numerous Islamic organizations whose activities and ideas deemed to be threats to the country's founding ideology Pancasila.
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[VnExpress] The Abu Sayyaf has reportedly killed another Vietnamese sailor in the Philippines. He is the third Vietnamese captive to be killed by the Muslim rebels this month.
A raid carried out by Filipino troops against the notorious militants found several bodies, including that of Vietnamese national Tran Viet Van, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The Vietnamese Embassy in Manila is working with local agencies to return his body to Vietnam.
Vietnamese nationals Hoang Trung Thong and Hoang Van Vai were beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf last week.
The three were among six crew member taken hostage when their Vietnamese cargo ship MV Royal 16 was attacked off the Philippines last November. The pirates released the vessel and 13 of its crew members at the time. Hoang Vo, 28, managed to escape and was rescued by Filipino troops last month.
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...If you've killed three Vietnamese so far, and they don't seem to be talking to you, it's possible that this particular line of reasoning isn't working. Just sayin'.
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[Inquirer] Two Philippine soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded when a bomb missed its target and exploded near their around noon on Wednesday. Military spokesman Edgard Arevalo said, "Investigation is being conducted to determine the circumstances surrounding an incident where an ordnance missed its target during an airstrike."
Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said, "Initial report from Marawi indicates that the bomb was 250 meters off target. The impact of the explosion caused the collapse of nearby structures. Large debris from heavily reinforced buildings accidentally hit two of our personnel, who succumbed to death in the process."
[Bangkok Post] Thai security forces killed a suspect in the May bombing of Big C Supercenter during a raid in Pattani province on Wednesday.
The shooting occurred when security forces were searching for suspects at a mosque in tambon Paka Harang in Muang district. Behind the mosque, a group of five or so men were resting on hammocks and bamboo beds. As the authorities approached them, they fled, and both sides exchanged gunfire.
One man was killed instantly. He was Suding Mama of Nong Chik district. Officials identified him as one of the suspects wanted in the Big C Supercenter bombing on May 9. Military spokesman Komet Ratanapongsai said that local villagers told authorities that the suspects went into hiding at the mosque on Tuesday evening.
Authorities think 15 people were behind the Big C bombing, which wounded 80 people. The blast came from two cooking gas cylinders stuffed with explosives that had been placed on a pickup truck stolen from a merchant from Yala province. The vendor was brutally murdered after the theft on the same day of the bombing.
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[Jakarta Post] President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a regulation to ban Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), an Islamic organization seeking to establish a global Islamic caliphate.
[VnExpress] The Abu Sayyaf has reportedly killed another Vietnamese sailor in the Philippines. He is the third Vietnamese captive to be killed by the Muslim rebels this month. 
[Bangkok Post] Thai security forces killed a suspect in the May bombing of Big C Supercenter during a raid in Pattani province on Wednesday. 
