Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Mijen village in the Central Java town of Kudus protested Wednesday against plans to bury terror suspect Bagus "Urwah" Budi Pranoto in the village.

The protesters said they stood against terrorism and did not want their village linked to a terror suspect. "We expect the local administration to have the guts to make our demands known (to the government)," Sukis Jiwantoro, a representative of the Mijen People's Association, said as quoted by kompas.com. "Our actions are a show of opposition to all forms of terrorism."

Urwah was among four men killed after a lengthy gunfight during a raid on a house in Kepuhsari village in Surakarta, Central Java. One of the others killed was Noordin M. Top, the country's most wanted fugitive, and his accomplices, Hadi "Adib" Susilo and Ario "Aji" Sudarso.

Police observer Bambang Widodo Umar, responding to the Mijen villagers' protest, urged the local administration to respond accordingly.

"The government must act quickly by explaining to the people that the state is against the spread of terrorist ideology, but not against the burial of a human being," he said.

He said a prompt response would help prevent further social segregation among the people, which could lead to future conflicts.

Criminologist Adrianus Meliala said the varying public responses to the issue of terrorism were quite normal. "This situation will help law enforcers take anticipatory measures in the future," he said.

He added if communities accepted or treated dead terror suspects like heroes, the police could modify their mapping of communal support for radical movements across the country. Based on the mapping, he went on, the police could take the necessary steps to prevent acts of terror.

"A series of de-radicalization plans could be tailored according to each region's capacity," he said. "This will allow the police to conduct better de-radicalization programs in the future."

The same public resistance was also visible in Cilimus village, in the West Java town of Kuningan, prior to the burial of suspected hotel bomber Ibrohim. The protest forced his family to move his burial to Pondok Rangon in East Jakarta.

Meanwhile, Noordin's body will be flown to his home in Malaysia for burial there. Asluddin Hadjani, the lawyer for Noordin's third wife, Arina Rahmah, said the decision had been made because Noordin was a Malaysian national.

"I've discussed the burial plans with Arina, and she has agreed that it would be better for us to return Noordin's body to Malaysia," he said.