RI extradites Islamic militant suspect

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 | Source: AP

MALAYSIA: Indonesian police extradited an Islamic militant suspect to Malaysia two months after he was arrested for a spate of bombings in Jakarta, news reports said on Saturday.

The Star daily said 29-year-old Saharani Mohd Esa was wanted in Malaysia for his alleged involvement in a militant group trying to topple Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's secular government.

The Malay-language Utusan Malaysia daily said Indonesian police officials handed Saharani to local authorities at a military base in Kuala Lumpur late on Friday.

Indonesian police arrested Saharani and another Malaysian, Taufik Abdul Halim, in connection with the bombings of several churches and a shopping mall in Jakarta in July.

Taufik is still being detained in Jakarta. It is not known if Malaysian police had also sought his extradition. -- AP

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