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Four Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity have been arrested by Indonesian police on suspicion of being members of Islamic State, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the brutal jihadist group that claims religious authority over all Muslims across the world.
Indonesian authorities say they have confirmed that the suspects, captured by anti-terrorism forces on the island of Sulawesi on Monday, are from northwestern China's restive Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. The suspects are believed to have traveled to Indonesia from China via Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, with the intent of connecting with a local Islamic State chief.
The arrests came just a day after Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said his country should remain vigilant and avoid thinking of Islamic State as merely a distant threat, and urged measures to stop citizens from heading to the Middle East to join the extremist group.
Read the full story at Want China Times