JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Sweden is unable to arrest four Acehnese rebel leaders in exile and send them to face trial on terror charges in Jakarta because they are Swedish citizens, Stockholm's ambassador to Indonesia said Friday.
Indonesia has called on Sweden to arrest the four rebel leaders, who currently live in Stockholm, and send them to Jakarta for trial over their role in stoking a 27-year insurgency in Aceh province.
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