Denpasar – The chief of Indonesia's National Terrorism Desk, Police Inspector General Ansaad Bay, expressed his belief yesterday that Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was behind all the bombing incidents in the country, including those in Bali.

"JI has been behind them all," he said after attending a coordination meeting with officials concerned with anti-terrorism efforts.

Ansaad said the evidence and information collected so far showed that the terrorist network had been behind the actions. "The fact is clear that JI was behind the terror actions in the country so far," he said.

The Bali bombing investigation team's spokesman, Senior Commissioner Zaenuri Lubis, said JI's involvement in the bombing incident in Bali on October 12 was mere information or intelligence data.

Legally, JI has not been recorded as an organization directly involved in the incident that left more than 190 people dead, he said.

Zaenuri said the investigation so far had been focussed on persons instead of organizations. "So it is the person, not the organization, that is declared legally wrong. This is what we call a legal fact," he said.

He admitted that there had indeed been intelligence data showing that JI had masterminded the Bali bombings but the data were not needed yet for the legal process of the suspects held so far. He said the evidence found so far was strong enough to try the suspects.