Police search for terror suspects

Police search for terror suspects

JAKARTA: National Police will be on the lookout for five
Islamic terrorists who Singapore claim have probably fled to
Indonesia.

"Their names are on our wanted list," National Police
spokesman Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf said on Friday. He added that he
had no idea whether the five were still in Indonesia or not.

Singapore's Home Affairs Ministry said on Thursday that about
12 members of Jamaah Islamiyah, which has been linked to Osama
bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, fled Singapore late last
year. Five of the most dangerous men are believed to be
Indonesia, it said.

Singapore has accused Jamaah Islamiyah of plotting to blow up
the U.S. Embassy and ramming a plane into its airport complex.

Saleh said police had indications that Mas Selamat Kastari,
whom Singapore says is the leader of the five-man group, entered
Indonesia through the Sumatran port of Medan some time last
month.

Saleh said he did not know whether Kastari, whom he said was a
Singaporean citizen, was still in Indonesia. He said officers had
no details about the other four.

Jakarta has consistently rejected accusations by the
international community that it has failed to arrest Islamic
militants operating on its soil. Neighboring Malaysia, Singapore
and the Philippines have detained dozens of suspected militants,
several of them Indonesians. -- JP