Police tighten security at Merak

TANGERANG: Banten Police chief Sr. Comr. Abdurachman said the force will tighten security at Merak port during the exodus of people before and after Idul Fitri.

"The intelligence police and detectives will be deployed to prevent bomb suspects, Azahari and Noordin M. Top, from leaving Java island," he was quoted as saying by Antara news agency on Friday.

The two Malaysians are suspects in masterminding a series of bomb attacks in the country. The police revealed that the fugitives are still at large in West Java.

Merak port is the closest port to Bakauheni port in Lampung, the southeast tip of Sumatra island. -- JP