OIC may take Misuari: RP

Tue, 18 Dec 2001 | Source: DPA

PHILIPPINES: The Philippines may allow the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to take custody of a renegade Moro leader detained in Malaysia and facing rebellion charges in the country, officials said on Monday.

Norberto Gonzales, a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, said the proposal by the leader of the country's largest Moro separatist rebel group to allow the OIC to take custody of Nur Misuari was worth considering.

Salamat Hashim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has written to OIC Secretary General Abdelouabed Belkeziz earlier in the month to ask the body to take custody of Misuari.

Gonzales said the option may be discussed during the visit of Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda to Manila later in the week. -- DPA

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