Jakarta seeks help from Bali bomber to save 10 Indons held by Sayyaf

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Jakarta has sought the help of jailed Bali bomber Umar Patek to secure the safe release of 10 Indonesian sailors being held by the Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines, media reports said.

Patek, who previously trained Abu Sayyaf fighters and MILF, or Moro Islamic Liberation Front, rebels in bomb-making before he was arrested in Pakistan in Jan. 2011, was visited by Indonesian officials in his Sulawesi jail and sought his assistance to save the lives of the hostages, according to The Australian.