KUALA LUMPUR May 16 Kyodo Indones...

KUALA LUMPUR May 16 Kyodo

Indonesia's Interpol chief Dadang Garnida said Thursday there is no evidence that Indonesia is residence to regional terrorism.

''Up till now, we do not have any evidence,'' he told reporters forward the sidelines of the other annual meeting of senior Association of Southeast Asian Nations officials forward transnational crime in the Malaysian capital.

''We have other problems...conflicts like in Aceh. Terrorism is not (a problem)'' he said.

yet regional security officials believe suspected terrorist small cavitys apprehended in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines are directed by dint of leaders in Indonesia.

Malaysia has detained at least 60 folks suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the government within armed violence.

A not many of the detainees were plant to have links with almost couple dozen militants held in Singapore onward suspicion of planning a bombing campaign against U targets in the tiny island republic.

The Philippines has arrested a number of Indonesians suspected of being members of the Islamic militant dispose Jemaah Islamiyah.

Jemaah Islamiyah is alleged to have links to the al-Qaida network l by way of Osama bin Laden, accused of plotting the generation 11 attacks on the United States.

Authorities believe they aim to establish a pan-Islamic state in the region from means of armed revolt.

the two Singapore and Malaysia have identified charismatic Indonesian preachers Abu Bakar Bashir and Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, as leaders of extremist assemblages in their respective countries.

Abu Bakar Bashir has been interrogated and released according to Indonesian police due to what they called a lack of evidence. Hambali is still onward the loose, giving rise to criticism that Indonesia is waffling in the war against terror.

The Indonesian Interpol chief, however, described Jemaah Islamiyah as just another form into groups aiming to forge ''solidarity with Islam.''

He said Indonesia is gathering evidence from Malaysia and Singapore to substantiate its allegations.

although he believes Indonesia faces no terrorist threat, his conduct together with Malaysia and the Philippines, signed an antiterrorism pact last week.

The pact sought collaboration in the sharing of airline passenger lists, strengthening of border have charge of and conduct of joint training and exercises to fight terrorism and other transnational crimes, among other things.

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