History of Densus 88







History of Densus 88 

 Separation 88 (Densus 88) was shaped after the 2002 Bali bombings and became functional in 2003. The name of the association is a consequence of a senior Indonesian police official mishearing "ATA" in an instructions on the US Department of State's Anti-Terrorist Assistance program as "88". He figured it would be a decent name as the number 8 is a fortunate number in Asia and different authorities missing the mark on fortitude to address him. Nonetheless, as indicated by Brig. Gen. Pranowo, the Indonesian Police Headquarter Anti-Terror Director, the number '88' is taken from the quantity of Australian fatalities in the 2002 Bali besieging, the biggest number from a solitary country.

 Densus 88 has upset the exercises of Central Java-based Islamist development Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and a considerable lot of its top agents have been captured or killed.[4] Abu Dujana, associated pioneer with JI's tactical wing and its conceivable emir, was caught on June 9, 2007. Azahari Husin was shot and killed in 2005. The Indonesian fear monger association experienced a further blow when apparently its last making due and at-large prominent figure, Noordin M. Top was killed in a shootout against Detachment 88 on September 17, 2009 at Solo, Central Java.

Densus 88 is helped by unfamiliar organizations, including the Australian Federal Police, in legal sciences including DNA investigation, and correspondences checking. In preplanned strikes in Java, the unit defeated assault plans to material get together. Densus 88 administrators were associated with an activity in Poso, where 10 individuals, including a cop, were killed in a gunfight during a high-risk capture procedure on January 22, 2007. In 2007, Densus 88 captured and examined West Papuan common freedoms attorney, Iwangin Sabar Olif, and accused him of prompting and offending the head of state, since he sent a SMS instant message condemning of the Indonesian military and president. Separation 88's tasks remember involving US knowledge officials for its Jakarta base camp to tap the calls and read the SMS instant messages of Indonesian regular folks.

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