Across Asia: Indonesia

Bombers' executions near

Police on the Indonesian resort island of Bali said security has been stepped up in tourist areas as the execution of the three Bali bombers appears to be imminent.

Imam Samudra, 38, Mukhlas, 48, and Amrozi, 46, three Muslim militants from the group Jemaah Islamiah, were sentenced to death for their role in bomb attacks on two nightclubs in Kuta in 2002 which killed 202 people, including Indonesians and foreign tourists.

On Saturday, the Attorney General's office said that the execution time for the three men, who have been on death row since 2003, was "very close".

(China Daily 11/03/2008 page7)