No Aceh rebels in Malaysia: Envoy

No Aceh rebels in Malaysia: Envoy

JAKARTA: Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Dato' Hamidon Ali
assured on Monday that none of separatist Free Aceh Movement
(GAM) members taking refuge in his country.

"We did not find any Acehnese rebels residing in our country,"
the ambassador said after meeting Vice President Hamzah Haz on
Monday.

He further said that there used to be one leader of the
separatist movement living in Malaysia, but the man had left the
country few years ago.

One GAM leader, Malik Mahmood, used to residing in Malaysia,
but he is currently holding a permanent residence permit from
Sweden.

The ambassador also said that during the ongoing operation in
Aceh, his country did not detect any inflow of refugees from the
province.

During the meeting, Hamzah and Hamidon discussed about the
planned working visit of the vice president to Malaysia in
September.

"The Vice President will conduct an official visit to Malaysia
in September," the ambassador said.--JP