RP to interview Indonesian militant

RP to interview Indonesian militant

PHILIPPINES: Filipino investigators will fly to Indonesia to interview a detained militant who allegedly received terrorist training at a rebel camp in the southern Philippines, police said on Wednesday.

The Indonesian suspect, who goes by the single name of Mustaqim and allegedly has links with Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), was among seven people arrested by Indonesian antiterror police in the central Java town of Sukoharjo on June 30.

Indonesian investigators suspect that Mustaqim had trained in Camp Abubakar, a former Filipino Muslim separatist guerrilla stronghold on Mindanao island, police Chief Superintendent Ismael Rafanan said.

"We were informed by our Indonesian counterparts that they have arrested him," the national police intelligence commander told reporters.

"Our investigators are going there because we don't have an existing repatriation treaty with Indonesia for his return here," Rafanan said. --AFP