The Jakarta Post, 2/24/2003 3:56:28 PM
Police arrest four Pakistani preachers in Maluku
JAKARTA (JP): Maluku Police said Monday they have arrested four Pakistanis who
gave sermons at a mosque, AFP reported.
The four were detained Saturday in Masohi on Seram island and were taken early
Monday to the provincial capital of Ambon for questioning, said Maluku deputypolice
chief Sr. Comr. Anton Bambang Suwedi.
Maluku has been under a state of emergency since September 2001 following
Christian-Muslim battles which broke out in January 1999.
The government brokered a fragile peace accord last February but sporadic violence
has continued in Ambon, the main island.
Bambang said the four, who were arrested after preaching at a mosque in Masohi
Friday, had no permit to enter Maluku.
Foreigners are required to have special permit to enter Maluku under the state of
emergence.
"They will be deported from Maluku immediately after their questioning is completed,"
Bambang said, without mentioning the names.
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