Bombing suspect wrongly identified

Bombing suspect wrongly identified

SURINAME: An Indonesian man who briefly lived in Suriname was not a suspect in the Bali bombings, though he has a similar name to a man convicted in the attack, the Indonesian Embassy said.

The embassy issued the statement on Monday, saying it has no record of the convict, Ali Imron, visiting the South American country.

Suriname's defense minister, Ronald Assen, had reported last week that Imron lived in the country for about a year until January 2002, months before the bombings that killed 202 people on Oct. 12, 2002. That Imron is serving a life term in prison.

But the Indonesian Embassy said the man who visited Suriname was actually Ali Imron al-Fattah, 26, who it said taught at a Muslim school in the country and is now again living in Indonesia.

"We have found no record of another Ali Imron who had been in Suriname," embassy official Zet Mirzal Zaimuddin said.

Surinamese officials declined to comment. -- AP