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President summons police chief over raid on terror suspects





The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 08/08/2009 4:59 PM | National

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri at the presidential office on Saturday afternoon, hours after the police’s counterterror squad raided terror suspects in two houses in the West Java town of Bekasi and the Central Java town of Temanggung.

The president was accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi, State Secretary Hatta Radjasa and presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng.










The president is expected to hold a media conference afterward.

Reports said most wanted terror suspect Noordin M. Top was killed in the raid in Temanggung.





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