Manado wants travel warning retracted<\/p>\n
MANADO, North Sulawesi: Provincial police chief Brig. Gen.
\nErald Dotulong wants the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to retract its
\ntravel warning which advises American citizens against visiting
\nthe province on the grounds of alleged threats posed by the
\nPhilippine Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group.<\/p>\n
The travel warning, as reported by local daily Manado Post
\nlast week, advises U.S. citizens not to visit Maluku, Irian Jaya
\nor Central Sulawesi for security reasons. It also warns U.S.
\ncitizens against visiting North Sulawesi, an Indonesian province
\nthat shares a border with the Philippines, where the Abu Sayyaf
\ngroup has subjected U.S. citizens to abduction and intimidation.<\/p>\n
Dotulong regretted the issuance of the travel warning,
\ndismissing it as groundless as the province had never been of any
\ninterest to Abu Sayyaf terrorists or Moro separatists under the
\nMindanao National Liberation Front (MNLF).<\/p>\n
"I hope the U.S. Embassy will review and perhaps retract its
\nincorrect statement about North Sulawesi," he said, adding that
\ndespite several attempts, he had yet to get through to the U.S.
\nEmbassy to clarify the matter. (48)<\/p>",
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