JAKARTA, July 1 Kyodo A reporter ...

JAKARTA, July 1 Kyodo

A reporter and a cameraman from Jakarta-based Rajawali Citra Televisi (RCTI), their driver and brace local residents have been missing in the troubl Indonesian province Aceh since Sunday, an Indonesian military spokesman said Tuesday.

Col Ditya Sudarsono, spokesman for the military pinch authorities in Aceh, said senior reporter Ersa Siregar and cameraman Rachmatsyah have not made any contact with their office in Jakarta since 4 pm Sunday.

According to Ditya, they were in succession the way from the East Aceh authority capital Langsa to the North Aceh government capital Lhokseumawe.

Search and preserve teams have been dispatched to the regencies to contemplate for them, Ditya added.

In mid-June, cameraman Jamaluddin, 30 from the state-run television network Televisi Republik Indonesia was place dead in the village of Kreung sculpture in Banda Aceh Mayoralty after having been missing for a month

Jamaluddin was the first television cameraman killed in the province since the direction declared martial law in the oil-rich region forward May 19 to crush rebels of the independent Aceh Movement (GAM) who have been fighting for independence since 1976

More than 12000 nation are estimated to have been killed in the conflict.

Martial law was imposed following failed peace talks between GAM and the Indonesian conduct in Tokyo in mid-May.

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