RP denies bombers trained in country

RP denies bombers trained in country

THE PHILIPPINES: The Philippines rejected on Wednesday
allegations that the masterminds behind the weekend bombings in
Bali had undergone military training in guerrilla camps run by
separatist Muslim rebels on its territory.

National police chief director-general Arturo Lomibao said the
armed forces had overrun all major Muslim militant camps in the
southern region of Mindanao in recent years, forcing the rebels
to move their bases elsewhere.

"With the dismantling of enemy camps in Mindanao, they now
move from place to place. There are no established training camps
like what they are talking about," Lomibao said on government
television.

Indonesian police have said they are looking for five suspects
who might have been involved in Saturday's deadly bombings in
Bali, which left 22 people dead and more than 100 injured.

The police chief in Banten province in West Java, Badrodin
Haiti, has said that some of the five suspects had undergone
military training in the southern Philippines.

Security officials privately say that local Muslim guerrillas
have sheltered foreign extremists in their camps over the past
few years despite a cease-fire agreement with the government.

President Gloria Arroyo conceded on Wednesday that with the
porous maritime borders between Indonesia, Malaysia and the
Philippines, "it is easy for terrorists to move from one country
to another". --AFP