Former Indonesian terrorist says prison is recruitment hotspot

November 01, 2013
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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.

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    "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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      • Helena
        November 1, 2013 @ 06:11:40AM
      • Is it possible that BPTN is not even aware of this phenomenon? If the country is serious about eradicating terrorism, this simple mechanism of recruitment should be cleared away completely. It is like nipping a a flower that has not bloomed in the bud. This is much simpler than letting these buds bloom into flowers and become fruits that disperse the fertile seeds of terrorism. Special prisons are absolutely needed and deserve the government's attention in the first place.

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