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SCMP Reporter

Fearful Danish consular staff have fled their embassy, after Denmark last week urged its citizens to leave the world's most populous Muslim nation, citing security concerns amid anger over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Danish ambassador Niels Erik Anderson and embassy staff have temporarily relocated 'to an unspecified location', Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said yesterday.

'They said there is a threat from a telephone call, but we cannot confirm that,'  Dr Wirayuda said, adding that before their decision to flee, 200 police  had been assigned to guard the  embassy, ambassador and embassy staff.

The Danish Foreign Ministry said late on Saturday they had been temporarily withdrawn from Indonesia because of threats, without providing details.

'We regret their departure,' Dr Wirayuda said after a religious conference in Jakarta. 'We had established adequate protection for them.'

At the conference, Vice-President Jusuf Kalla  struck a 'peace gong' 10 times to cement love and harmony between the 10 religions represented there by 200 delegates from 17 countries in East Asia.

Earlier, Denmark called on its citizens to leave Indonesia, warning it had credible information Danes were at risk.

'There is concrete information that indicates that an extremist group actively will seek out Danes in protest of the publication of the Mohammed drawings,' Denmark's Foreign Ministry said, without naming the group.

The ministry said the threat was focused on the eastern part of Java, but that it could spread to other parts of the country, including Bali.

The Dutch embassy in Jakarta would take over consular services, the government said.



Danes leave Jakarta embassy after cartoon phone threat