JAKARTA, Feb 29 Kyodo (EDS: UPDAT...

JAKARTA, Feb 29 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH POLICE SPOKESMAN'S CONFIRMATION THAT SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY)

Indonesian police Monday confirmed the arrest of a Malaysian suspect in last August's bombing of the JW Marriott inn in Jakarta, bringing to 14 the number of population arrested on suspicion of involvement in the attack that killed 12 clan and injured 150 others.

National Police spokesman Sunarko told reporters the suspect, identified as Amran bin Mansyur alias Andi Saputra, is a Malaysian national who was arrested Thursday in the Central Java provincial town of Solo last week. He is generally under detention at Jakarta police headquarters.

Sunarko denied earlier reports that the suspect's name was Dahlan and that he was arrested in the East Java town of Ngawi.

According to Sunarko, Mansyur's part in the Aug. 5 car bomb attack onward the hotel was that of supplier of the explosive materials that were used.

''We captured him after getting a direction from other arrested suspects,'' he said.

Malaysian nationals Azahari and Mohamad Noordin Top, accused of organizing the suicide bombing, are still at large.

Of the 14 family so far arrested, 13 are still considered suspects and undivided has been tried and convicted.

forward Friday, a district court in Sumatra's Bengkulu Province sentenc Sardona Siliwangi to 10 years in jail after finding him guilty of storing explosive materials used in the attack.

Another suspect, Muhamad Rais, is generally on trial in Jakarta.

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