Access to Hambali discussed

Access to Hambali discussed

JAKARTA: A United States antiterror team has met with
Indonesian police to discuss giving them access to Indonesian
terror-suspect Hambali, currently in U.S. custody.

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the team visited Indonesia for the
regional conference on counter-terrorism in Bali earlier this
month.

"During the meeting we renewed our demands for access to
question Hambali, while seeking information from the U.S. on the
ongoing investigation (into Hambali)," Susilo said.

Hambali has been detained by the U.S. authorities since his
capture in Thailand in August last year. Indonesia has been
wanting to question the West Java native as he is believed to
have masterminded the Oct. 12, 2002 Bali blasts and Aug. 5, 2003
J.W.Marriott Hotel bombing. -- JP