MATARAM, Indonesia – A former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) member said Wednesday (October 30th) Indonesian prisons are a productive area for terrorists to recruit new followers, Antara reported.
"By going to several jails, I have direct experience of seeing that terrorists continue to recruit new members that they met and trained in jail," Abdul Rahman Ayub said while participating in a public discussion held by the National Counterterrorism Agency.
He said many new terrorists were radicalised in prison after being sent there for minor crimes. "Mostly the prisoners invited are those who are frustrated by the authorities."
Ayub called for rehabilitation centres strictly for terrorists to limit their ability to recruit while serving their sentence.
As a JI member, Ayub was involved in terrorist attacks in Indonesia, Australia and Europe.
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