JAKARTA: Muslim groups in Indonesia have denounced police for the “brutal'' re-arrest of a Muslim cleric accused of heading the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah terror network.
Stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as Abubakar Ba’asyir, 66, was whisked away for questioning on Friday – the day he completed an 18-month term for minor immigration offences.
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