Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Yusuf's Ordeal As Reported by Daniel

Yusuf told me that when he used his motor bike to go to the restaurant, a black car stopped at our area and when he turned left from the ruko that car has parked at the bridge
and when he turned to the road the car forced him to stop his bike 
and 2 men jumped out to capture him. 
They ordered him to get into the car, taking his motorbike keys and hand phones.
He was taken to a social department building. 
On the way he asked them what was happening since he thought he was being robbed. 
The persons (6 of them) said that he didn't need to be afraid. 
Then they told him that this was because of an order from the family. 
One of them then called somebody ordering them to take down all the posters and photos of Yusuf posted around the harbor, 
since they have the man.
The men also showed the police report from Surabaya that had been signed by Yusuf's father
claiming that Yusuf was a missing person.
They kept him until the next day, waiting for the family mebers to arrive.
This is the normal procedure for missing persons, the police keep the person at the Social Department after being apprehended.
Yusuf was kept in a cage like jail
untill the family arrived.
The police also went to Yusuf's rent house to make sure that he actually lived there.
Yusuf's uncle and sister stayed at his place and asked him to return home but he refused, giving the reason that his wife is pregnant and needs to wait till she bears a child.
They agreed but reported to the neighborhood government official to keep watch over them.
Yusuf's father is an official in the Justice Department in Makassar and also a prosecuting attorney.
No wonder he has connections with the police and can succeed in getting them to apprehend his son.
He is also a rich man.
Yusuf's wife didn't know that he was apprehended 
and Yusuf kept it a secret.
His wife wonderred why he didn't return home.
but when she saw his uncle and sister, she thought Yusuf went to his uncle's home at the harbor and waited for his sister
from Batam to arrive.
Yusuf didn't want his wife to be in shock
in her 8th month of pregnancy.
Yusuf says he was treated well, 
but all of his books were taken by his uncle especially the book making comparisons between Islam and Christianity. 
Yusuf's own writings were also taken. 
His uncle didn't take our books (WBS and some that I gave Yusuf). His uncle said they were taking them for Yusuf's own protection because they didn't want him sharing them with other family members which might endanger Yusuf's own life.
Adam lost Yusuf when leaving to go to the restaurant. He thought Yusuf might have rushed on ahead of him. 
He never heard Yusuf scream, calling for help.

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