JAKARTA: Indonesia has summoned the Australian ambassador in Jakarta over a report his embassy was part of a vast United States (US)-led surveillance network, as the spying row that has soured US-Europe relations spread in Asia.

As Secretary of State John Kerry admitted US spying had sometimes gone too far, concern was growing in Asia, with China among countries demanding answers from Washington over reports of clandestine surveillance.

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