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JAKARTA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States Embassy in Jakarta announced Tuesday the cancellation of a memorial service to honor the victims of Sept. 11 tragedy.
Hundreds of guests were initially expected to attend the ceremony scheduled on Wednesday. Among the top guests was Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla.
It also said that the American embassy here and the consulate in Surabaya of East Java province are closed because the embassy has got "a credible, specific information saying that the embassy in Jakarta and the consulate in Surabaya are at considerable risk of terrorist attacks."
The American citizens here are alerted to the possibility of attacks on American targets and advised to keep a low profile in the next few days.
But a senior officer at the Jakarta Police Office denied terrorist threat on the US embassy.
"The US embassy is not under threat," Jakarta Police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam told Detikcom online news service.
He added that Jakarta Police will deploy additional 1,600 policemen by Sept. 11 to safeguard the US embassy and Jakarta governor election.
Separately, Surabaya Police Chief Ito Sumardi said that the city remains safe and no signs of terrorist movement so far.
"We have detected no terrorist movement here," he said.
Earlier Monday, an Islamic group staged peace rally near the US embassy protesting its plan of military attack on Iraq.
Indonesia, Washington sees the world's largest Islamic country as one of the favorite hiding places for international terrorists,which is strongly opposed by Jakarta.
Editor:Wang Yin
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