JAKARTA: Four top Aceh rebel leaders accused of involvement in a series of bombings across Indonesia were released yesterday, as international negotiators made a last-ditch effort to save a peace pact in the restive province.
Police Lt Col Sayed Hoesainy said the four leaders of the Free Aceh Movement who were arrested on Friday as they were attempting to leave the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, could still be charged under a new anti-terrorism law.
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