A former vice president at Indonesia’s Garuda airline went on trial today accused of conspiracy in the mid-air poisoning death of a top human rights activist three years ago.

Islamic terrorists in Indonesia are plotting to kidnap high-ranking officials, including foreigners, apparently shifting away from suicide bombings, an intelligence chief said today.

An off-duty pilot was today sentenced to 14 years in jail for the poisoning death of Indonesia’s top human-rights activist, but critics said the masterminds remained free.

An al-Qaida operative who allegedly brought hundreds of European Islamic militants to Indonesia for military training is in the country, an intelligence official said today, refusing to say if he was under arrest.