Jakarta - Indonesian police said Wednesday they arrested five Muslim extremists suspected of plotting to attack a major fuel depot in the capital Jakarta.
National police spokesman Brigadier General Sulistyo Ishaq said anti-terror operations also netted bomb-making materials, weapons and ammunition during a raid Tuesday morning at a house in the North Jakarta suburb of Plumpang.
Ishaq said the explosives were a sophisticated version of those used in the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta.
The five suspects were identified as Rusli Mardani, alias Wahyu Ramadhan, Nurhasani, alias Hasan, Imam Basori, alias Basar, Muntasir and Budiman, he said, adding that a manhunt was continuing for two other suspects.
Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left Jakarta on Wednesday morning for Beijing to make a five-day official visit to China, where he will attend the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
Yudhoyono, accompanied by his wife Ani Yudhoyono, and a number of cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, State Minister for Environment Rachmat Witoelar and Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
Jakarta - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday ratified a regional charter committing South-East Asian nations to the principles of democracy and human rights, and envisaging a single free-trade area by 2015.
The ratification bill was approved by all 10 factions in the House of Representatives. It will take effect after it is signed by the president.
Indonesia was the last member of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to ratify the charter after the Philippines signed up earlier this month, clearing the way for its formal adoption at a summit in Bangkok in December.
The charter commits the group to promote human rights and democracy, sets out rules for members and transforms ASEAN into a legal entity.
Jakarta - Indonesian police detained one man believed to be linked to terrorist activities Tuesday and seized bomb-making materials at a house in suburban Jakarta, the country's police chief said.
General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said counterterrorism police conducted the raid at a rented house in the northern suburb of Plumpang, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
The officers seized dozens of bullets, 3 kilograms of explosive material believed to be TNT, bomb-making manuals, pipes and cables.
Jakarta - An undersea earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's central Sulawesi province on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismologist agency said.
The quake struck at 12:54 pm (0454 GMT) and its epicentre was about 196 kilometres south-west of Tolitoli, Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said, adding that the quake occurred at about 33 kilometres below sea level.
Jakarta - Indonesian police detained one man believed to be linked to terrorist activities Tuesday and seized bomb-making materials at a house in suburban Jakarta, the country's police chief said.
Jakarta - An undersea earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's central Sulawesi province on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Indonesian seismologist agency said.
