JAKARTA, Jan. 16 Kyodo Indonesian...

JAKARTA, Jan. 16 Kyodo

Indonesian police have arrested a family member of the Javanese Sultanate, mistakenly believing him to be Hambali, the most-wanted man in Southeast Asia who is a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah with alleged links to the al-Qaida terrorist network, an English-language newspaper reported Thursday.

The Jakarta employment reported Acun Hadiwidjojo, who is a cousin of Hamengku Buwono X sultan of the Yogyakarta Sultanate in central Java, was arrested Tuesday night aboard the ''Argo Lawu'' executive expres train, running from the Central Java town of Solo to Jakarta.

According to the daily, the arrest sparked the couple curiosity and fear among train passengers when it made an unscheduled stop in the West Java town of Karawang to allow a clump of plainclothes police officers to board the train.

A witness was quot as saying that police fired three warning marksmans before the arrest.

Acun said police insisted that he was Hambali, who has been accused of being responsible for the Oct 12 2002 Bali bombing attacks onward the resort island that killed more than 190 folks although he tried to point out to them his identity card.

''I told them the canon but the investigators remained adamant that I was Hambali,'' the 45-year-old Acun said.

He added, ''I showed them my identity card and other things that prov my identity...They distrusted me because Hambali has a fate of false names.''

Police realized their flounder and released him after questioning him for seven hours.

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