(23 Oct 2002)

1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Mid shot of heavy security
3. Tilt up on policeman with rifle
4. Bashir lying on hospital bed
5. Doctor walking in and greeting Bashir

STORYLINE:

The alleged spiritual leader of the Indonesian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah remained in hospital on Wednesday as the US and Australia sought to have the organisation labelled a terrorist group.

Doctors have said Abu Bakar Bashir, who was admitted to hospital on Friday for breathing and heart problems, continues to need treatment and they don't yet know when he can be released.

Jemaah Islamiyah is suspected of involvement in the October 12 nightclub bombing in Bali that killed more than 180 people and injured 300.

Bashir, who has denied any wrongdoing, was arrested last week on suspicion of involvement in a series of church bombings that killed 19 people in Indonesia two years ago.

According to a confidential report circulated by US and Australian officials, the United States and Australia will ask the United Nations to declare Jemaah Islamiyah a terrorist organisation.

A Philippines official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AP that the report details Jemaah Islamiyah's history, key leaders and terrorist plots and strikes in the last two years to support a petition asking a UN Security Council committee to brand the group a terror organisation.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said he is confident the United Nations would support the petition, on the basis of mounting evidence that Jemaah Islamiyah played a role in the Bali bomb attack.

The US State Department was expected to add the group to its own list of terror groups on Wednesday, making it a crime to contribute funds to it and bar members from entering the United States.

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