Jakarta : Indonesian security forces are regrouping to lunch a more aggressive campaign to hunt for the country's most wanted man, police said yesterday, after months of fruitless searching in the jungles of Sulawesi island.
President Joko Widodo has made the arrest of Santoso, Indonesian most high profile backer of the Islamic state, one of his national security priorities and has given security forces until Saturday to arrest him.
But santoso, who has been on the run for more than three years, has proven to be more difficult to catch than expected.
Seriously forces plan to bring in 500 more policemen and soldiers to reinforce the 1,600 personal looking for santoso, who analysts say could be an inspiration for Indonesian militants retuning from fighting with the IS in the Middle East.