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Maluku separatist leader taken to Jakarta for questioning

Indonesian police authorities say a detained separatist leader in eastern Maluku province has been taken to Jakarta for further questioning.

Alex Manuputty, chairman of the pro-independence Maluku Sovereignty Front...the FKM, was arrested at his home in the city of Ambon an month ago.

He's being held over an alleged plan to raise a separatist flag on April 25 to mark the secessionist group's anniversary.

FKM sources say Manuputty had been taken to Jakarta together with another detained separatist leader, Sammy Weileruni.

17/05/2002 12:15:15 | ABC Radio Australia News

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