Wrongful arrest

Questions still surround the arrest and alleged torture of four Indonesian students in Cairo. Lina Attalah reports.

Faturrahman was home in Nasr City with his three flatmates, when the police descended. “They came and asked us for our residency permits and passports. They then took us into a truck," said the Indonesion student, who has lived in Cairo for four years studying Sharia law at Al Azhar University. The June 28 roundup, during which some of the students claim they were interrogated under torture, has touched off a mini diplomatic spat and highlighted what seems to be a renewed government focus on Muslim foreigners living and studying here.

The Jakarta Post reported that a delegation from the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Indonesia met with foreign ministry officials there, while the Indonesian ambassador in Cairo, Abdul Rahman M. Fachir, met with Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs, Mohamed al-Zorkany, to discuss the incident. The Post reported that Egypt offered an apology for the incident. No public apology has been issued by the Egyptian government, but Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda seems satisfied with Cairo’s private answer.

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