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| Philippines to prosecute Bangladeshi terrorist suspect |
| 2009-01-13 |
| The Department of Justice (DoJ) approved the filing of a case for illegal possession of explosives against a Bangladeshi national arrested last year on suspicion of being a member of the Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah. "After a careful review of the evidence and the pleadings submitted by the parties, we find probable cause against respondent [Mohammad Rafiq Ullah] for illegal possession of explosives," State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera said in his resolution. Ullah was arrested last December 2 at his cellphone repair shop in Barangay (village) Tapayan, Sultan Mustura Armando, in the then province of Shariff Kabunsuan. Members of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) confiscated two rocket propelled grenade (RPG) projectiles, an RPG shell with explosive filler, an RPG shell with fuse assembly, soldering lead, electrical wires, and 81mm mortar shells, among others. During the preliminary investigation, as well as in his counter-affidavit, Ullah denied he being a bomb-maker and claiming his arrest was a case of mistaken identity. But the prosecutor noted that several identification cards with different names were confiscated from Ullah, who admitted to using the names as aliases "to confuse the authorities." |
| Posted by:ryuge |