Aid workers at risk in Indonesia, says official

Dan Eaton, Banda Aceh

Indonesia's head of relief operations said agencies would need permission to work outside the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, and the ravaged west coast town of Meulaboh.

Asked if Aceh was unsafe for aid workers, Budi Atmaji said: "Yes, in some places." However, separatist rebels said they would never attack aid workers who in turn said they were not overly worried.