Bid to have Indonesian president arrested fails

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court has rejected a separatist group's bid to have Indonesia's president arrested for alleged human rights violations during a state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague District Court says the Dutch government does not have to arrest Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono if he flies to the Netherlands. Yudhoyono canceled his state visit Tuesday at the last minute after exiled Moluccan separatists demanded his arrest in an injunction. The court on Wednesday rejected the bid. It will give a detailed explanation of its decision next week. Yudhoyono's state visit was to have been the first in 40 years by an Indonesian president to the country's former colonial master. — AP