JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Hamzah Haz visited on Tuesday
Laskar Jihad commander Ja'far Umar Thalib, who has been detained
since Saturday at National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta, a
report said.
Hamzah, who arrived at 2:30 p.m., entered the building without
talking to reporters.
Hamzah, who is also chairman of Muslim-based UnitedDevelopment
Party (PPP), has said before that the government backed firm
measures to resolve the conflict in Maluku.
Earlier in the day, chairman of PPP Reformasi, a splinter party
of PPP, Zainuddin MZ also visited Ja'far in detention. (edt)
