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Indonesia investigating background of man with alleged links to bin-La

The Indonesian government says it is trying to clarify the status of a man, said to be an Indonesian, arrested in the Philippines and linked by police there to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

Philippine police say they arrested an Indonesian, Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi, in connection with a series of deadly bombings in 2000.

But Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said the man had lived longer in Singapore than in Indonesia and cautioned against hastily labelling him as connected to al-Qaeda.

Philippine police said al-Ghozi was arrested on January 15th based on information from Singapore that he was a key leader of the Jemaah Islamiya, an Islamic terror group operating in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

22/01/2002 4:45:59 AM | ABC Radio Australia News

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