ABC AUSTRALIA, 31/05/2002 10:17:45
Indonesian vice president defends meeting with cleric
Indonesia's Vice President, Hamzah Haz, has defended his meeting with a Muslim
cleric who has been linked by Singapore to regional terrorism, saying they talked
about Islam's peaceful message.
The Vice President, who was speaking about his meeting with Abu Bakar Ba'asyir,
also declared that there was no such thing as an international terrorist network in the
country.
The Indonesian Vice President met him during a visit to a Muslim boarding school
founded by the cleric near Solo in Central Java.
31/05/2002 10:17:45 | ABC Radio Australia News
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