Indonesia bans Navy medical research unit

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Indonesia bans Navy medical research unit
Kyodo News Agency
Posted : Thursday Apr 10, 2008 7:10:53 EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Indonesian government has banned the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, or NAMRU-2 — which is studying infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, including bird flu — from operating in the country, an evening newspaper said Thursday. The reason behind the ban was not immediately clear.

Sinar Harapan daily reported that a note on the ban, signed by Triono Soendoro, director of the Health Research and Development Agency of the Health Ministry, had been circulated among several ministries.

“It (NAMRU-2) has been banned to operate here. Sorry, but I can’t comment further,” the newspaper quoted Soendoro as saying.

Health Ministry spokesman Soemardi also refused to confirm the report.

“I haven’t received any information about that,” he told Kyodo News.


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