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Some protesters at the Jakarta rally called for the expulsion of the Burmese ambassador over the issue, as well as for diplomatic ties between the two countries to be severed.
Indonesian police say all suspects belong to Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, a militant group that backs Islamic State.
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The first group of Burmese migrants among those rescued from slavery on remote Indonesian islands are flown to Rangoon on a government-sponsored flight.
Burma’s army chief and his Indonesian counterpart propose joint military exercises and reciprocal visits with the first such initiative being a peacekeeping training course to be held in Indonesia.
An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamist militant to seven and a half years in prison for masterminding a plot to attack the Burmese Embassy in the Indonesian capital.
A district court in Jakarta on Monday has reportedly sentenced Achmad Taufik to seven years and six months in prison for his role in a failed plot to bomb the Burmese embassy in Indonesia.
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Burmese asylum-seekers living in Indonesia say they will continue to risk their lives and travel by boat to Australia, despite the very high chance they will never get there.
Anti-terrorism squad kills six suspected militants and arrests another during an extended standoff at a house near the Indonesian capital which comes as an investigation continues into an alleged plot to bomb the Burmese embassy.
